For far too long, medicine has ignored the valuable insights that patients have into their own diseases.

As the United Kingdom braces for a sharp fall in living standards, a bioarchaeologist and a paediatrician discuss what the past can reveal about the social forces that shape modern health crises.

The historical lack of racial representation in dermatology textbooks isn't just a problem in countries with majority white populations, but across the globe.

David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian share the award for identifying receptors that allow the body's cells to sense temperature and touch.

Medical research and practice have long assumed a narrow definition of the 'default' human, badly compromising the care of anyone outside that category. How can this be fixed?

Osteoarthritis is a crippling, incurable disease. But scientists behind a new large-scale study say their findings could help pave the way to a cure.

Racist ideas of categories for human identity continue to warp research and medicine.

Knowing which signatures in the blood predict protection against COVID-19 could speed the development of new vaccines.

Remains of man found in Latvia had DNA fragments and proteins of bacterium that causes plague

University of Queensland researchers have found a bacteria-killing compound in the toxins of mottled cup moth caterpillars

By bringing rigorous review and editorial oversight to clinical preprints, eLife hopes to make peer-reviewed preprints a currency of trust in medicine.

Australian scientists develop a microscope that works with 35% more clarity, raising hope for improvements in medical imaging.

Approaches include tailored nanoparticles, chimeric proteins, virus cocktails.

Long hours and the impact of the pandemic are taking their toll on medics, BMA findings show.

As a bioengineer, Linda Griffith once grew a human ear on the back of a mouse. Now she is reframing endometriosis as a key to unlocking some of biology's greatest secrets.

Results from a long-term study of 8001 people suggest disrupted sleep is linked to cardiovascular disease and mortality - in women more than men.

Critics say editors have asked authors to scrub the term racism from their articles even as they publish others that include racist notions.

After a staff member dismissed racism as a problem in medicine on a podcast, a petition signed by thousands demanded a review of editorial processes at the journal.

For many years and increasingly in the last year, the JAMA Network journals have published many important articles addressing disparities and racism in medical education, research, and health care and highlighting initiatives to help address deep-rooted inequities.

A new oath asks physicians to eliminate their personal biases, combat disinformation to improve health literacy and be an ally to minorities and other underserved groups in society.