The Lancet

1 week ago | thelancet.com | Priya Venkatesan

Climate change and global warming driven by air pollution and carbon emissions are contributing to worsening respiratory health and increasing numbers of asthma-related emergencies and deaths . Australia is particularly susceptible to the effects of climate change, with longer bushfire seasons and extreme weather events associated with sharp increases in asthma-related hospital admissions.

2 weeks ago | thelancet.com | Paul Adepoju

Despite being declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern 10 months ago, the mpox outbreak is not over. And in places like Sierra Leone, it is spiralling. Paul Adepoju reports.

2 weeks ago | thelancet.com | Priya Venkatesan

Three trials of treatments for idiopathic or progressive pulmonary fibrosis (PPF) were presented. The ELEVATE study compared deupirfenidone, a deuterated form of pirfenidone, with placebo and pirfenidone in 257 patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF; median age 72 years). 65 patients were assigned deupirfenidone 550 mg, 65 were assigned deupirfenidone 825 mg, 61 were assigned pirfenidone 801 mg, and 65 were assigned placebo, all doses were given three times per day.

2 weeks ago | thelancet.com | Tezer Kutluk

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3 weeks ago | thelancet.com | John Zarocostas

Despite strong advocacy, donor funding for humanitarian relief and health in the occupied Palestinian territories remains critically low. John Zarocostas reports.