The 2025 report of the Lancet Countdown to 2030 for women's, children's, and adolescents' health1 assesses global progress ...

In The Lancet, we present a concerning picture of progress in improving reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and ...

It's done. You’ve had it.” My partner is grinning widely. I open my eyes but have no clue where I am. He tells me I had a double lung transplant and I am in the intensive care unit. At first, I am ...

How does a fragile body exist in a sick society? French author Michel Houellebecq has long displayed a fascination with medicine, the body, and death. Regarded by many as literature's enfant terrible ...

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has faced significant funding cuts under the current administration. In March 2025, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that 83% of USAID ...

The retrospective observational study reported by Emile Malembi and colleagues in The Lancet1 provides a comprehensive clinical description of mpox cases caused by ongoing outbreaks in the DR Congo, ...

We express our great appreciation to the American people and US Government for the incredible support through the President's ...

European tuberculosis surveillance report underscores the gravity of the situation in the WHO European region.1 Across 53 ...

The actions of the US Government are causing serious harm to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) globally, and ...

Elhadj As Sy is an internationally respected and highly accomplished global health leader and humanitarian aid expert. He is ...

As historians we rarely predict the future since we are trained to look at the past, draw lessons from it, and identify ...

Achieving gender justice in global health—which the Lancet Commission on Gender and Global Health defines as encompassing the realisation of universal rights in relation to health equity and gender ...