Kamran Abbasi

2 weeks ago | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Kamran Abbasi |Parveen Ali |Virginia Barbour |Marion Birch

This May, the World Health Assembly (WHA) will vote on re-establishing a mandate for the World Health Organization (WHO) to address the health consequences of nuclear weapons and war.1 Health professionals and their associations should urge their governments to support such a mandate and support the new UN comprehensive study on the effects of nuclear war. The first atomic bomb exploded in the New Mexico desert 80 years ago, in July 1945.

2 weeks ago | bmj.com | Kamran Abbasi

Editor's Choice BMJ 2025; 389 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.r1072 Cite this as: BMJ 2025;389:r1072 Kamran Abbasi, editor in chiefThe BMJkabbasi{at}bmj.comSocial media platforms have accelerated and widened the debate on research. Any science comes with uncertainties, and medical journals tend to argue that they are seeking to advance the debate on any particular issue, since publishing scientific “truths” is rare. A broader discourse is welcome.

2 weeks ago | tandfonline.com | Kamran Abbasi |Parveen Ali |Virginia Barbour |Marion Birch

This May, the World Health Assembly (WHA) will vote on re-establishing a mandate for the World Health Organization (WHO) to address the health consequences of nuclear weapons and war [Citation1]. Health professionals and their associations should urge their governments to support such a mandate and support the new UN comprehensive study on the effects of nuclear war. The first atomic bomb exploded in the New Mexico desert 80 years ago, in July 1945.

3 weeks ago | bmj.com | Kamran Abbasi

Kamran Abbasi, editor in chiefThe BMJkabbasi{at}bmj.comAt a conference in Hong Kong last year almost every presentation enthused about the potential of artificial intelligence. The conference wasn’t even about AI, the great global hope to solve every problem and save us money to boot. If you’re out of solutions for your health service or economy, sprinkle some AI magic on your strategic plan—your imagined prospects will bloom, and your numbers will add up.

3 weeks ago | bmj.com | Kamran Abbasi |Parveen Ali |Virginia Barbour |Marion Birch

Kamran Abbasi, editor in chief1, Parveen Ali, editor in chief2, Virginia Barbour, editor in chief, Marion Birch, editor in chief4, Inga Blum, At-large board member5, Peter Doherty, 1996 Nobel prize for physiology or medicine, Andy Haines, professor of environmental change and public health6, Ira Helfand, past president5, Richard Horton, editor in chief7, Kati Juva, co-president5, Jose F Lapena8, Jrvice president, Robert Mash, editor in chief9, Olga Mironova, co-president5, Arun Mitra, past...