How does a fragile body exist in a sick society? French author Michel Houellebecq has long displayed a fascination with medicine, the body, and death. Regarded by many as literature's enfant terrible ...

It's done. You’ve had it.” My partner is grinning widely. I open my eyes but have no clue where I am. He tells me I had a double lung transplant and I am in the intensive care unit. At first, I am ...

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has faced significant funding cuts under the current administration. In March 2025, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that 83% of USAID ...

The retrospective observational study reported by Emile Malembi and colleagues in The Lancet1 provides a comprehensive clinical description of mpox cases caused by ongoing outbreaks in the DR Congo, ...

The 2025 report of the Lancet Countdown to 2030 for women's, children's, and adolescents' health1 assesses global progress ...

In The Lancet, we present a concerning picture of progress in improving reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and ...