The BMJ: Features

How much does the fossil fuel industry fund medical research?

November 28, 2024

The BMJ Appeal 2024-25: David Miliband on the International Rescue Committee in a “flammable world”

November 28, 2024

What is “man flu”?

November 27, 2024

Chris Hoy and cancer screening: is celebrity campaigning a bad way to make policy?

November 22, 2024

The boom in fruit flavour cigarettes is driving youth smoking in Latin America

November 21, 2024

How patients are using AI

November 19, 2024

Solidarity kitchens: how pandemic food assistance developed to offer much more

November 18, 2024

What are countries doing to tackle worsening drug shortages?

November 15, 2024

Should GPs be allowed to offer private services to their patients?

November 14, 2024

Abortion dominant, but health sidelined: the road to Trump’s win

November 11, 2024

The rapid rise of the UK’s cancer vaccine trials

November 7, 2024

How climate change made 2024 the deadliest year of dengue

November 6, 2024

Young Pakistanis are moving away from cousin marriage owing to the risk of genetic disorders

November 5, 2024

Assisted dying laws around the world

October 30, 2024

Conscientious objection: will doctors be able to opt out of assisted dying?

October 30, 2024

Dispute arises over World Professional Association for Transgender Health’s involvement in WHO’s trans health guideline

October 30, 2024

What is it like for doctors working under assisted dying laws?

October 30, 2024

Mpox risk to Europe “low” says EU official, but virus and bird flu need monitoring

October 24, 2024

Pharma pours millions into the NHS for non-research work—but we don’t know what the money is being spent on

October 23, 2024

A UK university is helping to train Chinese GPs. This is why

October 21, 2024

Are covid-19 tests still working?

October 17, 2024

What happened after Ukraine’s largest children’s hospital was hit in a missile attack

October 15, 2024

What’s it like to be a patient as a doctor?

October 11, 2024

Finland’s new physician role connects human and climate health

October 8, 2024

Lebanon: Israeli attack endangers a healthcare system reliant on Hezbollah

October 4, 2024

How covid, flu, and other seasonal vaccine programmes are changing

October 4, 2024

Lucy Letby case: what happens now?

October 3, 2024

From one neurologist to one unit: turning the tide against stroke in Malawi

September 30, 2024

The physician associates becoming doctors

September 26, 2024

Preventing future deaths: what have we learnt from reports into preventable fatalities?

September 25, 2024

Donanemab: Conflicts of interest found in FDA committee that approved new Alzheimer’s drug

September 25, 2024

Are India’s regulatory gaps leaving patients with substandard mental health counsellors?

September 20, 2024

Doctor suicide: “All I could see were tasks mounting and people constantly knocking on my door”

September 17, 2024

Wellcome’s new head on the future of clinical research funding

September 16, 2024

UK government’s nutrition advisers are paid by world’s largest food companies, BMJ analysis reveals

September 11, 2024

Lightning strikes the health of low income workers in India

September 10, 2024

Will we ever know where covid-19 came from?

September 9, 2024

Jonathan Finnoff on being a doctor at the Olympic and Paralympic Games

September 5, 2024

Bankrupt local authorities heap pressure on primary care, say GPs

September 5, 2024

Dementia: Africa’s unique opportunity for prevention amid rising cases

September 2, 2024

The health of a leader—and when it has been questioned

August 29, 2024

Eating disorders remain neglected despite sharp rise in Europe

August 28, 2024

Donna Ockenden: Money to improve maternity care? It’s being spent on compensation

August 27, 2024

Medical training at breaking point: will an increase in learners push the system over the edge?

August 21, 2024

How do drugs such as Ozempic work for weight loss . . . and everything else?

August 19, 2024

Rising heatwaves are intensifying an anaemia crisis among India’s women

August 19, 2024

How India’s relationship with the sugar industry turned sour

August 15, 2024

GP leader: “If general practice is the bedrock of the NHS, then the NHS is collapsing”

August 14, 2024

Portugal’s primary care crisis as GPs depart

August 12, 2024

“Things cannot remain as they are”—top obstetrician on workforce morale

August 7, 2024

Features

How much does the fossil fuel industry fund medical research?

The BMJ Appeal 2024-25: David Miliband on the International Rescue Committee in a “flammable world”

What is “man flu”?

Chris Hoy and cancer screening: is celebrity campaigning a bad way to make policy?

The boom in fruit flavour cigarettes is driving youth smoking in Latin America

How patients are using AI

Solidarity kitchens: how pandemic food assistance developed to offer much more

What are countries doing to tackle worsening drug shortages?

Should GPs be allowed to offer private services to their patients?

Abortion dominant, but health sidelined: the road to Trump’s win

The rapid rise of the UK’s cancer vaccine trials

How climate change made 2024 the deadliest year of dengue

Young Pakistanis are moving away from cousin marriage owing to the risk of genetic disorders

Assisted dying laws around the world

Conscientious objection: will doctors be able to opt out of assisted dying?

Dispute arises over World Professional Association for Transgender Health’s involvement in WHO’s trans health guideline

What is it like for doctors working under assisted dying laws?

Mpox risk to Europe “low” says EU official, but virus and bird flu need monitoring

Pharma pours millions into the NHS for non-research work—but we don’t know what the money is being spent on

A UK university is helping to train Chinese GPs. This is why

Are covid-19 tests still working?

What happened after Ukraine’s largest children’s hospital was hit in a missile attack

What’s it like to be a patient as a doctor?

Finland’s new physician role connects human and climate health

Lebanon: Israeli attack endangers a healthcare system reliant on Hezbollah

How covid, flu, and other seasonal vaccine programmes are changing

Lucy Letby case: what happens now?

From one neurologist to one unit: turning the tide against stroke in Malawi

The physician associates becoming doctors

Preventing future deaths: what have we learnt from reports into preventable fatalities?

Donanemab: Conflicts of interest found in FDA committee that approved new Alzheimer’s drug

Are India’s regulatory gaps leaving patients with substandard mental health counsellors?

Doctor suicide: “All I could see were tasks mounting and people constantly knocking on my door”

Wellcome’s new head on the future of clinical research funding

UK government’s nutrition advisers are paid by world’s largest food companies, BMJ analysis reveals

Lightning strikes the health of low income workers in India

Will we ever know where covid-19 came from?

Jonathan Finnoff on being a doctor at the Olympic and Paralympic Games

Bankrupt local authorities heap pressure on primary care, say GPs

Dementia: Africa’s unique opportunity for prevention amid rising cases

The health of a leader—and when it has been questioned

Eating disorders remain neglected despite sharp rise in Europe

Donna Ockenden: Money to improve maternity care? It’s being spent on compensation

Medical training at breaking point: will an increase in learners push the system over the edge?

How do drugs such as Ozempic work for weight loss . . . and everything else?

Rising heatwaves are intensifying an anaemia crisis among India’s women

How India’s relationship with the sugar industry turned sour

GP leader: “If general practice is the bedrock of the NHS, then the NHS is collapsing”

Portugal’s primary care crisis as GPs depart

“Things cannot remain as they are”—top obstetrician on workforce morale

Galleri promises to detect multiple cancers—but new evidence casts doubt

India’s billion dollar pharma industry has a waste problem

Manipur’s mental health crisis, a year after violence

Polish abortion reform stalls after decriminalisation vote fails

The state of global mpox in 2024: new variants, rising outbreaks in Africa, and vaccine trials just starting

Cord blood banking: Experts raise concern over claims made for stem cell applications

Latin America is catching up on HPV vaccination and screening

South Africa’s new national health insurance scheme is controversial

Deepfakes and doctors: How people are being fooled by social media scams

Why India is failing to track heatstroke fatalities properly

Prison healthcare: overcrowding, understaffing, a drug epidemic, and an ageing population in an unfit Victorian estate

Patients’ access to medical records around the world

More medical journals must work in partnership with patients and the public

Patient safety commissioner: “A relentless focus on NHS finance and productivity is failing patient safety”

The patients bringing lived experience to research teams

Revolving door: You are free to influence us “behind the scenes,” FDA tells staff leaving for industry jobs

HPV: Cameroon fights back against one of the world’s lowest vaccination rates

Unpicking the general election manifestos on health and care

Who are the doctors standing as MPs in the UK general election?

How Paris is preparing for the health threats of the Olympic Games

NHS mental health services failing Muslims, researchers say

Homelessness in primary care—a day with an emerging GP specialism

Vaccine shortages worsen the deadliest cholera outbreaks in years

Why are so many Canadians dying?

How an opioid giant deployed a playbook for moulding doctors’ minds

South Africa’s vaping tax—a bold move for public health?

Taking women’s pain seriously: The surgeon who spoke out about vaginal mesh

Infected blood: an appalling medical tragedy

Tobacco funded research: how even journals with bans find it hard to stem the tide of publications