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Respiratory physician and pioneer in adolescent health. Born on Nov 2, 1948, in Melbourne, VIC, Australia, he died there from ...

The Lancet has discovered that our editorial policies prior to the publication of the Clinical Picture Feeding dystonia, chorea, psychosis, and self-mutilation in an African patient with ...

The high incidence of culture-positive sepsis, case-fatality rates, and multidrug resistance among common pathogens underscores an urgent need to strengthen infection prevention and control practices, ...

Trust is an implicit cornerstone of global health. Trust between nations, organisations, health-care providers, and ...

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As World Tuberculosis Day on March 24, 2025, approaches, global health authorities yet again find themselves at a crucial juncture in efforts to tackle the continuing global emergency of tuberculosis.

We thank our colleagues for their interest in our Article.1 We agree with Zaoqu Liu and colleagues that in addition to mortality assessment, quality of life and long-term functional outcomes are ...