Doctors refusing to use “untried and untested” artificial intelligence (AI) software at work will be supported by the BMA. “Trusts, GP surgeries, and doctors must not be forced to use AI,” said Samuel ...

The rollout of antiretroviral therapy for HIV showed how global solidarity and smart policy can overcome barriers to new treatments, say Jirair Ratevosian and Jeffrey L Sturchio The arrival of ...

Contradictory statements suggesting the US incinerated $9.7m (£7.4m; €8.4m) worth of contraceptives intended mostly for low income countries in Africa have sparked anger and confusion. The New York ...

Downs raises concerns about NHS plans to open specialist centres for patients in mental health crisis to use instead of the emergency department.1 As a doctor, I think the initiative is commendable.2 ...

The heat around asylum seekers in temporary hotels is being felt by doctors treating vulnerable patients, as Sally Howard reports In recent months the UK has seen a wave of anti-immigrant protests ...

Ministers need to act quickly on introducing reforms that prioritise UK medical graduates over overseas ones for training places, the chair of the BMA has said. In an interview with The BMJ Tom ...

The government has named the 14 NHS hospital trusts whose maternity services will be investigated as part of a rapid national probe into systemic “failures.” The rapid national investigation into ...

Members of the House of Lords have debated whether the public will be adequately protected under plans to introduce assisted dying. Supporters of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill said it ...

Health secretary Wes Streeting has slammed what he called extraordinarily naive and self-defeating” general practitioners in a speech to the BMA. Streeting was speaking at the union’s special ...

Fallout from comments at the recent Reform UK party conference linking covid vaccines to cancers in the royal family continued last week with the prime minister wading into the controversy. Speaking ...

After decades in the making, legislation to create Australia’s first Centre for Disease Control (CDC) has been put before federal parliament.1 Australia’s incumbent Labour government first promised to ...

Taking a break from medicine shouldn’t feel like selling out, giving up, or failing to beat the competition, writes Stephanie Santos Paulo After two years working as a foundation doctor, I took a year ...