New Lancet series blends social science with medicine to tackle global health inequities

https://www.news-medical.net/news/20251205/New-Lancet-series-blends-social-science-with-medicine-to-tackle-global-health-inequities.aspx Can doctors in California learn from a patient who was bounced from one specialist to another in Japan? Can clinicians in London take lessons from a patient seeking asylum while suffering a medical emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border? Can doctors treating refugees in Africa inform health policy around the world?

In RFK Jr.’s upside-down world of vaccines, panel votes to end hepatitis B shot at birth

https://www.news-medical.net/news/20251205/In-RFK-Jre28099s-upside-down-world-of-vaccines-panel-votes-to-end-hepatitis-B-shot-at-birth.aspx Recent weeks have brought good news about vaccines, with studies indicating that flu vaccination reduces heart disease, shingles vaccines can prevent or slow dementia, and a single human papilloma virus shot protects a girl from cervical cancer for the rest of her life.

New Lancet case study series highlights how social forces shape patient health

https://www.news-medical.net/news/20251205/New-Lancet-case-study-series-highlights-how-social-forces-shape-patient-health.aspx In November, The Lancet, one of the world's most esteemed medical journals, launched a new monthly series of case studies that goes beyond clinical diagnoses to illuminate the social and cultural forces that contribute to each patient's condition.

Billions still lack essential health services despite worldwide gains in coverage

https://www.news-medical.net/news/20251206/Billions-still-lack-essential-health-services-despite-worldwide-gains-in-coverage.aspx Since 2000, most countries – across all income levels and regions – have made concurrent progress in expanding health service coverage and reducing the financial hardship associated with health costs, according to a new joint report from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Bank Group.

Global food security in a fast changing climate Climate Central | December 3, 2025

https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2025/12/03/global-food-security-in-a-fast-changing-climate/

Viewpoint: ‘Gold standard science’ farce: RFK Jr.’s pledge dangerously mocks U.S. healthcare and endangers medicine globally Devi Shastri | AP | December 4, 2025

https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2025/12/04/viewpoint-gold-standard-science-farce-rfk-jr-s-pledge-dangerously-mocks-u-s-healthcare-and-endangers-medicine-globally/

‘We will witness a radically redrawn coast line’: Sea levels poised to run 15 feet or more over the rest of this century Evan Howell | Wired | December 5, 2025

https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2025/12/05/we-will-witness-a-radically-redrawn-coast-line-sea-levels-poised-to-run-15-feet-or-more-over-the-rest-of-this-century/