“Trump’s appointment of RFK Jr as health secretary once again demonstrates his disregard for science in favour of pseudoscience, misinformation, and conspiracy theories. If he is confirmed, the ...

“The news that fortification of flour with folic acid is to be implemented at long last is welcome. Folic acid (vitamin B9) supplementation was shown to reduce neural tube defects by about 80% in a ...

Scientists comment on the UK Government’s announcement on nationally determined contributions at COP29. Dr Caterina Brandmayr, Director of Policy and Translation at the Grantham Institute – Climate ...

A commentary paper published in Addiction Biology looks at cannabis use causing chromosomal damage and increasing cancer risk. Prof Wayne Hall, Emeritus Professor, National Centre for Youth Substance ...

A study published in Obstetrics and Gynecology looks at heart defects in babies during the Covid-19 pandemic. Prof Kevin McConway, Emeritus Professor of Applied Statistics, Open University, said: ...

Scientists comment on the NHS rollout of the ‘stop-smoking’ pill Varenicline. Dr Sarah Jackson, Principal Research Fellow at the UCL Tobacco and Alcohol Research Group, said: ...

Commissioned by the Chief Medical Officer for England, the UK National Statistician and NHS England’s National Director for Transformation, the Sudlow review sets out a bold vision for overcoming the ...

The report – the 19 th annual Global Carbon Budget – will offer new information on the continued high global use of coal, oil and gas fuelling our economies, as well as current rates of deforestation ...

‘Screen Time Before 2 Years of Age and Risk of Autism at 12 Years of Age’ by Lin et al., 2024 was published in JAMA Pediatrics at 18:00 UK time on Monday 4th of November. DOI: ...

Scientists comment on the risks and benefits of tirzepatide (Mounjaro) after a UK death linked to the drug. Prof Naveed Sattar, Professor of Cardiometabolic Medicine/Honorary Consultant, University of ...

‘Worldwide trends in diabetes prevalence and treatment from 1990 to 2022: a pooled analysis of 1108 population representative studies with 141 million participants’ by the NCD Risk Factor ...

“This report is relevant because these two additional cases might indicate household transmission of clade 1b mpox outside Africa for the first time. However, more details about these 3 cases are ...