The world needs WHO. This should be an unambiguous and uncontroversial statement. But it is not. There are signals that WHO's perceived value has eroded, and that its central position in the ...

As a hepatologist, Aleksander Krag has always sought to improve the prognosis of patients with liver disease, whom, he tells The Lancet, he often thinks of as a fictional patient he calls “Henry”. His ...

It is not every day that someone tells you they have “a passion for liver disease, especially end-stage liver disease”. But that is exactly how Patrizia Burra, a Co-Chair of the second European ...

Across the WHO European region, liver diseases such as cirrhosis and liver cancer are responsible for hundreds of deaths each day, affecting individuals, health systems, and economies.1,2 Liver health ...

Lancet Liver Commission, published in December, 2021, highlighted that liver disease was the second leading cause of years-of-working-life-lost in Europe (after ischaemic heart disease). The ...

This third iteration of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change in Europe report systematically tracks the health effects of climate change adaptation and mitigation action, economics and ...

Whether estimating the probability that a disease is present or forecasting risk of deterioration,1 readmission,2 or death,3 most contemporary clinical artificial intelligence (AI) systems are ...

Past smoking choices of South Koreans have left a legacy of current medical costs that many non-smokers are now facing. Women ...

In September, 2023, Julia Davenne was painting, as she always did, in the small studio she built at the end of her beautifully tended garden, framed by tall, wildflowers, surrounded by the dramatic ...

A widely publicised Cochrane review published on April 16, 2026, set out to synthesise evidence on the efficacy and safety of amyloid β-targeting monoclonal antibodies for Alzheimer's disease.1 The ...

Despite substantial progress in malaria control over the past two decades, malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa, ...

On Jan 5, 2026, the Acting Director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) signed a decision memorandum from the heads of the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for ...