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[Correspondence] Newborn screening for birth defects in LMICs cannot wait
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(26)01228-6/fulltext?rss=yes
Published: July 25, 2026 00:00
In low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs), gains in child survival reveal an important reality: birth defects account for a growing share of deaths among children younger than 5 years and cause substantial, often unmeasured, disability andā¦
[World Report] Health in the aftermath of Venezuela's earthquakes
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(26)01496-0/fulltext?rss=yes
Published: July 25, 2026 00:00
Health and humanitarian systems are struggling to cope with the thousands of people injured and displaced. Joe Parkin Daniels reports.
[Department of Error] Department of Error
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(26)01492-3/fulltext?rss=yes
Published: July 25, 2026 00:00
Robb KA, Young B, Murphy MK, et al. Behavioural interventions to increase uptake of FIT colorectal screening in Scotland (TEMPO): a nationwide, eight-arm, factorial, randomised controlled trial. Lancet 2025; 405: 1081ā92āIn this Article the Data sharingā¦
[Department of Error] Department of Error
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(26)01493-5/fulltext?rss=yes
Published: July 25, 2026 00:00
GBD 2023 Cancer Collaborators. The global, regional, and national burden of cancer, 1990ā2023, with forecasts to 2050: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023. Lancet 2025; 406: 1565ā86āThe appendix of this Article has beenā¦
[Department of Error] Department of Error
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(26)01491-1/fulltext?rss=yes
Published: July 25, 2026 00:00
Coomarasamy A, Sindhu KN, Gallos I, et al. Postpartum haemorrhage: epidemiology, consequences, and missed opportunities. Lancet 2026; 408: 62ā73āIn this Series paper, data in table S7 of the appendix were incorrect and have been updated. This correctionā¦
[Correspondence] Ecological integration for a legitimate and authentic One Health: a Hendra virus case study
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(26)00861-5/fulltext?rss=yes
Published: July 25, 2026 00:00
Despite short-term costs to economic development, long-term human prosperity is not possible in an ecologically unstable planet. Efforts to preserve and stabilise ecosystems should function as public health measures with political and distributiveā¦
[Perspectives] Salim Yusuf: climbing mountains in cardiology
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(26)01437-6/fulltext?rss=yes
Published: July 25, 2026 00:00
In the wide spectrum of human disease, the biggest killer, and the largest cause of premature death worldwide, is heart disease. The melioristic efforts to reduce this global burden form the focus of Climbing Mountains: The Journey to Beat the World'sā¦
[Perspectives] Wintering in Davos
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(26)01438-8/fulltext?rss=yes
Published: July 25, 2026 00:00
Travel for health dates back to ancient times, but in the 19th century medical climatology emerged. The spa culture of the 18th century was largely displaced by a wider focus on the role of climate and environment in improving health. British physiciansā¦
[World Report] Health officials suspended over paediatric HIV infections
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(26)01494-7/fulltext?rss=yes
Published: July 25, 2026 00:00
At least 78 children in Sindh, Pakistan, have been infected with HIV amid allegations of unsafe injection practices. Samaan Lateef reports.
[Perspectives] Tamzin Cuming: supporting inclusivity in surgery
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(26)01436-4/fulltext?rss=yes
Published: July 25, 2026 00:00
When consultant colorectal surgeon Tamzin Cuming took part in a short film challenging prejudice about women in the workforce back in 2016, she had no idea what the reaction would be. Funded by the UK charity Inspiring the Future, the video showed a groupā¦
[Editorial] Who owns cardiometabolic disease?
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(26)01497-2/fulltext?rss=yes
Published: July 25, 2026 00:00
A person with obesity, type 2 diabetes, chronic kidney disease, metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease, and heart failure might receive five different diagnoses, attend five different clinics, and be managed according to five differentā¦
[Correspondence] Firearm violence exposure as an adverse childhood experience ā Authorsā reply
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)01903-8/fulltext?rss=yes
Published: July 25, 2026 00:00
We thank Diego A DĆaz-Faes and colleagues for their interest in our Commission. Across two Lancet Commissions, we have called for investment in adolescent health and wellbeing.1,2 Adolescence is a key developmental period that establishes the health andā¦
[World Report] Governance for artificial intelligence in health
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(26)01495-9/fulltext?rss=yes
Published: July 25, 2026 00:00
Ministers have met in Lisbon, Portugal, to help decide how to ensure that artificial intelligence in health care is used safely and responsibly. Talha Burki reports.
[Correspondence] Firearm violence exposure as an adverse childhood experience
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)01738-6/fulltext?rss=yes
Published: July 25, 2026 00:00
The second Lancet Commission on adolescent health and wellbeing outlined an agenda recognising adolescence as a key period for achieving lasting health improvements.1 Along with the 2025 Countdown to 2030 for women's, children's and adolescentsā health,2ā¦
[Obituary] Bernard Roizman
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(26)01439-X/fulltext?rss=yes
Published: July 25, 2026 00:00
Virologist and world authority on herpes simplex virus. Born on April 17, 1929, in ChiČinÄu, Romania (now in Moldova), he died in Chicago, IL, USA, on April 13, 2026, aged 96 years.
[Correspondence] Facility-based blood pressure measurement and treatment
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(26)01230-4/fulltext?rss=yes
Published: July 18, 2026 00:00
Diagnosing hypertension improves health only if followed by linkage to effective care. Community-based screening rarely results in blood pressure control, especially in places where primary health care is weak.1 Mass screening campaigns give the appearanceā¦
[Correspondence] Physiology-guided coronary artery bypass grafting in valve surgery
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(26)01028-7/fulltext?rss=yes
Published: July 18, 2026 00:00
We read with great interest the FAVOR IV-QVAS trial by Yunpeng Zhu and colleagues,1 which provides the first randomised evidence that angiography-derived fractional flow reserve (FFR)-guided coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) reduces perioperativeā¦
[Editorial] The right medicines for the right reasons
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(26)01419-4/fulltext?rss=yes
Published: July 18, 2026 00:00
US Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F Kennedy Jr has suggested that antidepressants are more addictive than heroin and may contribute to school shootingsāallegations repeatedly rejected as false. Given this history, the announcement in May,ā¦
[Obituary] Bridget Ogilvie
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(26)01389-9/fulltext?rss=yes
Published: July 18, 2026 00:00
Parasitologist, Wellcome Director, and science communicator. Born on March 24, 1938, in Glen Innes, NSW, Australia, she died in London, UK, on April 27, 2026, aged 88 years.
[Correspondence] From targets to minutes: making movement advice actionable
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(26)00858-5/fulltext?rss=yes
Published: July 18, 2026 00:00
In their recent Article,1 Ulf Ekelund and colleagues shift physical-activity messaging from aspirational thresholds to achievable marginal gains. By converting device-based doseāresponse relations into potential impact fractions (PIFs), they show thatā¦
[Correspondence] From targets to minutes: making movement advice actionable ā Authors' reply
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(26)01130-X/fulltext?rss=yes
Published: July 18, 2026 00:00
We thank Saisai Jing and Jiazhao Song for their interest in our recent Article.1 They highlighted three issues: causal interpretation, behavioural substitution, and transportability of potential impact fraction estimates.
[Correspondence] The false promise of nuclear power
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(26)01304-8/fulltext?rss=yes
Published: July 18, 2026 00:00
By focusing narrowly on reactor operations, portraying reactor hazards as āextremely smallā, and ignoring nuclear energy's other dangers, Talha Burki's World Report1 supports the mendacious narrative that nuclear power is a āsafe, clean, and affordableāā¦
[Correspondence] Protecting early-career researchers through fair authorship governance
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(26)01155-4/fulltext?rss=yes
Published: July 18, 2026 00:00
In academia, authorship symbolises both currency and trust. Authorship buys credibility, funding, promotion, visibility, mobility, and opportunity. For early-career researchers, manuscript authorship or grant co-investigator status can determineā¦
[Department of Error] Department of Error
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(26)01383-8/fulltext?rss=yes
Published: July 18, 2026 00:00
Colombo N, Zsiros E, Parma G, et al. Pembrolizumab plus weekly paclitaxel in platinum-resistant recurrent ovarian cancer (ENGOT-ov65/KEYNOTE-B96): a multicentre, randomised, double-blind, phase 3 study. Lancet 2026; 407: 1525ā37āIn this Article, the thirdā¦
[Correspondence] Physiology-guided coronary artery bypass grafting in valve surgery ā Authors' reply
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(26)01132-3/fulltext?rss=yes
Published: July 18, 2026 00:00
We thank Dimitrios E Magouliotis and colleagues for their interest in our study1 and very interesting comments.
[World Report] First Bundibugyo virus treatment trial begins
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(26)01420-0/fulltext?rss=yes
Published: July 18, 2026 00:00
The PARTNERS trial will test treatments for the infection in trying circumstances. Talha Burki reports.
[Perspectives] The art of fidelity: clinical documentation and ambient AI
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(26)01388-7/fulltext?rss=yes
Published: July 18, 2026 00:00
A physician reviews a note generated by artificial intelligence (AI) from her morning clinic. The patient, a woman in her fifties with type 2 diabetes, had spent much of the consultation describing her husband's worsening dementia, her exhaustion fromā¦
[Department of Error] Department of Error
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(26)01339-5/fulltext?rss=yes
Published: July 18, 2026 00:00
Topaz M, Roguin N, Gupta P, Zhang Z, Peltonen L-M. Fabricated citations: an audit across 2Ā·5 million biomedical papers. Lancet 2026; 407: 1779ā81āIn this Correspondence, Nir Roguin's only affiliations should have been Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Telā¦
[Perspectives] Anette Ziegler: breaking through boundaries in type 1 diabetes
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(26)01387-5/fulltext?rss=yes
Published: July 18, 2026 00:00
Type 1 diabetes researcher Anette Ziegler has never believed the word impossible. Important steps in her career have been driven by a spirit of opening new paths and constantly pushing beyond established boundaries. Today she is the Director of theā¦
[World Report] Child health and wellbeing in Ukraine
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(26)01421-2/fulltext?rss=yes
Published: July 18, 2026 00:00
4 years of full-scale conflict will have a lasting effect on the country's children, despite efforts to continue health services. Rebecca Sers reports.
[Perspectives] Whose distress, whose diagnosis?
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(26)01336-X/fulltext?rss=yes
Published: July 11, 2026 00:00
Khameer Kidia's Empire of Madness: Reimagining Western Mental Health Care for Everyone is an entrant into an already crowded and increasingly polarised conversation about the scope, limits, and moral obligations of psychiatry. For readers embedded inā¦
[Correspondence] Long-term outcomes of total hip replacement
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(26)00921-9/fulltext?rss=yes
Published: July 11, 2026 00:00
In their recent Article,1 Veronica Pentland and colleagues present a systematic review and meta-analysis of 29 clinical studies and eight national joint registries, encompassing more than 1Ā·9 million total hip arthroplasties with contemporary bearingā¦
[Obituary] David Rosner
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(26)01337-1/fulltext?rss=yes
Published: July 11, 2026 00:00
Pioneering public health historian. Born on March 13, 1947, in New York, NY, USA, he died on May 24, 2026, in New York, aged 79 years.
[World Report] The Kava conundrum
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(26)01378-4/fulltext?rss=yes
Published: July 11, 2026 00:00
Proponents say the traditional Pacific Island drink is basically harmless. Critics say the story is less simple, pointing to potential health risks. Chris McCall reports.
[Perspectives] The architecture of hope
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(26)01335-8/fulltext?rss=yes
Published: July 11, 2026 00:00
In 1994 Maggie Keswick Jencks wrote of hospital architecture: āmost hospital environments say to the patient, in effect: āHow you feel is unimportant. You are not of value. Fit in with us, not us with youā. With very little effort and money this could beā¦
[Correspondence] Long-term outcomes of total hip replacement
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(26)00922-0/fulltext?rss=yes
Published: July 11, 2026 00:00
We commend Veronica Pentland and colleagues on their review of 20-year contemporary hip replacement survival, comprising modern bearing surfaces of highly crosslinked polyethylene and modern ceramics.1 However, their findings have implications beyondā¦
[Correspondence] The African Medicines Agency: time for integration with the African Vaccine Regulatory Forum
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(26)01075-5/fulltext?rss=yes
Published: July 11, 2026 00:00
Andrew Green's World Report1 on the African Medicines Agency (AMA) highlights both its promise and the considerable challenges ahead in harmonising regulatory systems, strengthening national regulatory authorities (NRAs), and improving access to safe andā¦
[Correspondence] Long-term outcomes of total hip replacement ā Authorsā reply
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(26)01131-1/fulltext?rss=yes
Published: July 11, 2026 00:00
On behalf of the World Arthroplasty Study Participants Collaboration, we thank Yosef Sourougeon and colleagues, Peter G Delaney and Nicholas S Piuzzi, and Kaj S Emanuel and colleagues for their thoughtful and constructive comments on our Article,1 which weā¦
[World Report] Search for new Global Fund Executive Director intensifies
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(26)01376-0/fulltext?rss=yes
Published: July 11, 2026 00:00
Whoever succeeds Peter Sands will have to steer the Global Fund through a new era of cuts from traditional donors. John Zarocostas reports from Geneva.
[Health Policy] Children in all policies: lessons from a global collaboration to promote the health and wellbeing of children and future generations
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(26)00856-1/fulltext?rss=yes
Published: July 11, 2026 00:00
Currently children's needs, perspectives, and rights are not adequately included in public policies, with negative consequences for the health and wellbeing of children and future generations. The 2020 WHOāUNICEFāLancet Commission reviewed threats toā¦
[World Report] England's long-term resident doctorsā dispute ends
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(26)01377-2/fulltext?rss=yes
Published: July 11, 2026 00:00
After 3 years of disagreement, the British Medical Association has accepted the Government's offer of better pay and more training for resident doctors. Talha Burki reports.
[Correspondence] Childhood cancer: expanded treatment access is not enough
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(26)01076-7/fulltext?rss=yes
Published: July 11, 2026 00:00
We read and support the recent Editorial1 calling for equitable global access to the tools needed to treat childhood cancer. However, we disagree with the statement that, āunlike adult cancers, childhood cancers are largely unrelated to environmental orā¦
[Correspondence] Long-term outcomes of total hip replacement
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(26)00923-2/fulltext?rss=yes
Published: July 11, 2026 00:00
We congratulate Veronica Pentland and colleagues on their important synthesis of all available evidence on the survival of contemporary hip prostheses.1 The finding that prosthesis survival to 20 years has improved substantially is encouraging and welcomeā¦
[Department of Error] Department of Error
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(26)01340-1/fulltext?rss=yes
Published: July 11, 2026 00:00
The Staphylococcus aureus Network Adaptive Platform (SNAP) Trial Group. Benzylpenicillin versus flucloxacillin or cloxacillin for the treatment of penicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia (SNAP): an international, multicentre, open-label,ā¦
[Editorial] Ending HIV: a reality check
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(26)01375-9/fulltext?rss=yes
Published: July 11, 2026 00:00
The fifth UN High-Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS (June 22ā23) saw the agreement of a new Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS. In it, countries expressed commitments to end AIDS as a public health threat by 2030, mobilise adequate resources, achieve the 95ā95ā95ā¦