5 steps to creating a world free of TB
At the current rate of progress, it will take us until 2180 to end one of the world’s oldest public-health threats.
Drugs cost too much. There is a better way to fund medical innovation
It costs a great deal to bring new medicines to market, the explanation goes, and without high prices the pipeline of new medicines will run dry. But the argument is unsustainable.
We need to change the narrative around obesity. Here's why
More than 650 million adults and 120 million children worldwide live with obesity - and it is on the increase. Here's how to approach a global crisis with devastating social, economic and...
This is how important sleep is for your mental health
Scientists are beginning to believe that disrupted sleep patterns could have a negative effect on mental health.
Precision healthcare: how maths can revolutionise medicine
Data is the fuel for radical changes in the way global health systems work.
The end of the common cold could be in sight
New research from Imperial College London aims to target the protein viruses latch to, rather than the viruses themselves.
Why having a healthy diet means embracing the right fats
With the WHO calling a ban on trans fats, navigating healthy and unhealthy fats can be difficult.
Doctors are using AI to see how diseases change our cells
This artificial intelligence can create detailed 3D models of cells for scientific study.
This is what happens when school children run one mile every day
A Scottish school came up with a simple solution to the childhood obesity crisis.
Cancer patients should be prescribed exercise. Here's why
Cancer patients who exercise regularly can experience fewer and less severe side effects from treatment.
This bat can carry deadly viruses but not get sick. Here's how
The newly-sequenced genome of an Egyptian fruit bat from a cave in Uganda offers clues as to how bats harbor and transmit deadly viruses—but don’t get sick themselves.
These 5 simple habits could add years to your life
Participants who followed all 5 were 74% less likely to die during the study period.