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[Correspondence] Logistics of the malaria vaccine roll-out in Nigeria

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)00716-0/fulltext?rss=yes

Published: May 24, 2025 00:00

On Oct 17, 2024, Nigeria took a historic step in combating malaria by receiving its first-ever malaria vaccine.1 As the country with the highest malaria burden globally, accounting for 39·3% of malaria deaths in children younger than 5 years,2 the…

[Editorial] Gaza has been failed by silence and impunity

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)01082-7/fulltext?rss=yes

Published: May 24, 2025 00:00

Gaza is on the brink of famine. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, a multistakeholder global initiative aimed at enhancing food security and nutrition analysis, reports that the entire population of Gaza is facing high levels of acute food…

[Correspondence] Decentralising clinical trial access requires a culture of health equity

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)00715-9/fulltext?rss=yes

Published: May 24, 2025 00:00

Participation in clinical trials improves health outcomes, yet regional, rural, and socially disadvantaged populations face disparity in access to clinical trials. Decentralised clinical trial (DCT) systems have emerged to improve access to clinical trials…

[World Report] The final 20 years of the Gates Foundation

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)01081-5/fulltext?rss=yes

Published: May 24, 2025 00:00

Bill Gates announces plans to spend nearly all his wealth over the next 20 years to tackle global health and poverty challenges. Udani Samarasekera reports.

[Seminar] Trachoma

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)00551-3/fulltext?rss=yes

Published: May 24, 2025 00:00

Trachoma, the leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide, is one of several neglected tropical diseases targeted by WHO for elimination by 2030. The disease starts in childhood with repeated episodes of conjunctival Chlamydia trachomatis infection.…

[Department of Error] Department of Error

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)01045-1/fulltext?rss=yes

Published: May 24, 2025 00:00

Early Breast Cancer Trialists’ Collaborative Group. Reductions in recurrence in women with early breast cancer entering clinical trials between 1990 and 2009: a pooled analysis of 155 746 women in 151 trials. Lancet 2024; 404: 1407–18—In figure 1 of this…

[World Report] A pillar of Brazilian public health: Fiocruz at 125

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)01043-8/fulltext?rss=yes

Published: May 19, 2025 22:30

Founded in 1900, the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation has made fundamental contributions to the basic understanding of infectious disease and public health. Lise Alves reports.

[World Report] The European Health Data Space

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)01029-3/fulltext?rss=yes

Published: May 17, 2025 00:00

New health data regulations promise to empower patients and help research, but can they overcome difficulties in harmonisation and implementation? Ferry Biedermann reports.

[Department of Error] Department of Error

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)00992-4/fulltext?rss=yes

Published: May 17, 2025 00:00

Stoop TF, Javed AA, Oba A, et al. Pancreatic cancer. Lancet 2025; 405: 1182–202—In this Seminar, several references cited in the text and non-text items have been corrected. These corrections have been made to the online version as of May 15, 2025.

[Correspondence] Traditional Chinese medicine for acute intracerebral haemorrhage

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)00841-4/fulltext?rss=yes

Published: May 17, 2025 00:00

We commend Jianwen Guo and colleagues’ study reporting the clinical trial results of the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) compound FYTF-919 in the treatment of acute intracerebral haemorrhage.1 However, there are aspects of the study design that warrant…

[Correspondence] Traditional Chinese medicine for acute intracerebral haemorrhage

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)00839-6/fulltext?rss=yes

Published: May 17, 2025 00:00

The CHAIN trial evaluating FYTF-919 for acute intracerebral haemorrhage by Jianwen Guo and colleagues1 marks an advancement in assessing traditional therapies while raising important methodological considerations.

[Editorial] Trump vs higher education: stifling American innovation

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)01027-X/fulltext?rss=yes

Published: May 17, 2025 00:00

President Donald Trump has promised a new golden age of scientific progress and innovation. In a letter to Michael Kratsios, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, Trump invoked the USA's post-war scientific boom as a guide:…

[Correspondence] Traditional Chinese medicine for acute intracerebral haemorrhage

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)00843-8/fulltext?rss=yes

Published: May 17, 2025 00:00

Jianwen Guo and colleagues studied patients with intracerebral haemorrhage receiving FYTF-919 or placebo, and found no significant differences in clinical outcomes or serious adverse events.1 However, this conclusion is inconsistent with a previous…

[Correspondence] Traditional Chinese medicine for acute intracerebral haemorrhage

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)00840-2/fulltext?rss=yes

Published: May 17, 2025 00:00

Jianwen Guo and colleagues’ randomised controlled trial on FYTF-919 for acute intracerebral haemorrhage has attracted extensive attention from researchers in China.1 Guo and colleagues found that FYTF-919 did not affect the utility-weighted modified Rankin…

[World Report] Harm reduction in Colombia

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)01028-1/fulltext?rss=yes

Published: May 17, 2025 00:00

Colombia's progressive drug policy reforms include the prioritisation of harm reduction, but campaigners fear advances are at risk. Jacqui Thornton reports.

[Correspondence] Traditional Chinese medicine for acute intracerebral haemorrhage

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)00842-6/fulltext?rss=yes

Published: May 17, 2025 00:00

The results of Jianwen Guo and colleagues’ trial shed light on the efficacy and safety of FYTF-919 in the treatment of intracerebral haemorrhage.1 However, their trial might have several detailed errors and questions that raise concerns.

[Department of Error] Department of Error

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)00993-6/fulltext?rss=yes

Published: May 17, 2025 00:00

Molijn C. After release, another struggle: Syria's ex-detainees. Lancet 2025; 405: 1326–27—In this World Report, Alessandra Lenner's name was misspelled. This correction has been made to the online version as of May 15, 2025.

[Correspondence] Traditional Chinese medicine for acute intracerebral haemorrhage

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)00838-4/fulltext?rss=yes

Published: May 17, 2025 00:00

Jianwen Guo and colleagues1 conducted a large, randomised, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial and reported that the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) compound FYTF-919 had no effect on functional recovery, survival, or health-related quality of life…

[Review] Opportunities for chronic pain self-management: core psychological principles and neurobiological underpinnings

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)00404-0/fulltext?rss=yes

Published: May 17, 2025 00:00

One in five of the population lives with chronic pain. Psychological interventions for pain reveal core principles that can be used to create opportunities for chronic pain self-management in primary practice, across health-care settings, and at home. We…

[Correspondence] Traditional Chinese medicine for acute intracerebral haemorrhage

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)00837-2/fulltext?rss=yes

Published: May 17, 2025 00:00

Jianwen Guo and colleagues’ trial1 on using FYTF-919 for acute intracerebral haemorrhage has sparked considerable discussion across China's medical community and social media. Although many commend the rigorous methodology of this multicentre, randomised,…

[Correspondence] Traditional Chinese medicine for acute intracerebral haemorrhage – Authors' reply

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)00844-X/fulltext?rss=yes

Published: May 17, 2025 00:00

We appreciate the feedback on and constructive criticism of the CHAIN trial,1 where, as in all complex projects, there were various challenges, many of which were unforeseen. The result—an overall neutral effect of the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM)…