Active engagement of adolescents and youth in adolescent-focused studies aims to improve the quality of research and the translation of findings into everyday care, and to give researchers a greater u...

At this point in time, with US President Trump's administration attacking institutions such as the US CDC, NIH, USAID, WHO, and their people and functions, whether science should be political seems li...

A growing number of entities misrepresent themselves as scholarly journals for financial gain despite not meeting scholarly publishing standards.1,2 As editors and members of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), we receive queries about these “predatory” or “pseudo” entities and are subject to their deception when they target our authors and reviewers. The number of predatory journals is difficult to accurately determine but was estimated at more than 15 000 in 2021.3 While the ICMJE Recommendations include warnings about predatory publishing,4 the Committee believes that the large number of increasingly bold predatory entities warrants shining a bright light on them and considering actions stakeholders can take to counter their deceptive efforts.

Surgeon General Vivek Murthy says warning labels should be updated to increase awareness of links to seven types of cancer.

Study released by the Center for Countering Digital Hate confirms YouTube algorithms consistently push eating disorder and self-harm content to teen girls.

A Nature global survey finds that most specialists are unhappy with systems to provide science advice to policymakers.

The guiding principles of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) include non-discrimination, the primary consideration of the best interests of the child in all actions conce...

Action on World Health co-founder’s firm provides services to organisation that advocates for nicotine pouches

Health is political. This is what many practitioners of public and clinical health believe. Health and health policy are shaped by the political ideology of governments, whether that means more money ...

Donald Trump's decisive re-election as US President on Nov 5 puts many aspects of health and science in a deeply concerning position. Although there is broader alarm about his openly authoritarian int...