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Patrick Vaughan, who has died aged 87, was a pre-eminent epidemiologist and a director of the Tropical Epidemiology Unit at the London School of Hygiene &…

When the US president stood up at the podium and announced a link between autism and paracetamol, he sent alarm through the medical community and the…

Your article on contraception misinformation does not consider the long history of medical misogyny (Online misinformation putting women off contraceptive pill, study finds, 13 September). I…

You have full access to this article via your institution. Download the Nature Podcast 17 September 2025In this episode:00:50 The AI tool that predicts disease riskResearchers…

The new artificial intelligence tool that can predict a person’s risk of 1,000 diseases fills me with apprehension (Report, 17 September). If, say, the tool forecasts…

Scientists have developed a new artificial intelligence tool that can predict your personal risk of more than 1,000 diseases, and forecast changes in health a decade…

A daily dose of aspirin can substantially reduce the risk of some colorectal cancers returning after surgery, according to a major trial into the protective effects…

Doctors have developed special eye drops for people with longsightedness that could replace the need for reading glasses or surgery.Hundreds of millions of people worldwide have…

More than half of women having a baby in Britain now do so with the help of medical intervention, an audit of NHS maternity care has…

1. MedicineDoctors in Madrid hailed a new pill for patients with high blood pressure resistant to existing medication as a “gamechanger” and a “triumph of science”.Globally,…