Europe must act now to strengthen maternal vaccination in pregnancy and ensure all women and babies can benefit from a new generation of vaccines to protect against serious infections. That is according to a new Lancet Regional Health - Europe Series led by Professor Asma Khalil at City St George's, University of London, which is being launched and presented today at the 2026 Global Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Congress in Utrecht.

Doctors in Edinburgh have performed a pioneering procedure to transplant a young man's testicular tissue that was frozen before he underwent chemotherapy, in a potential breakthrough for male fertility preservation.

Comprehensive study of injury patients across hospitals in Global South reveals that better understanding of wider healthcare systems is needed to improve patient outcomes. 

Three out of England’s seven NHS genetics laboratories are failing to routinely share vital information about genetic variants in public databases that helps patients with rare diseases access diagnosis and care, reveals an investigation by The BMJ today. 

Vaccination against a common respiratory virus during pregnancy lowers the risk of severe disease in babies by 74 per cent, but uptake in many countries remains low, a new review suggests.

New research shows the efficacy and safety of hydroxyurea treatment for sickle cell anaemia, in four low-income sites in Africa, with no increase in clinically diagnosed infections.

The September/October tip sheet from Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, contains a variety of cancer-related story ideas. These include a breakthrough targeted therapy for pancreatic cancer, research showing alcohol’s toll extends beyond the liver, a pilot study to see if routine lab results can predict chemotherapy side effects and a profile of a breast oncologist explaining how treatment advances have led to more personalized breast cancer care.