The Lancet Voice

Poverty and health in the US

Self-harm

In this episode of The Lancet Voice, host Gavin Cleaver interviews Paul Moran and Helen Christensen, lead commissioners of The Lancet's new commission on self-harm. They define self-harm as a behavior, not a mental disorder, and discuss its prevalence, noting significant underreporting and the need for better surveilla...

AI in publishing, the Darzi report, and population levels

Antimicrobial resistance - the path to sustainability

Energy transitions, sharing vaccines, and making research accessible for non-English speakers

Health in Africa: Mpox and the Public Health Emergency of International Concern

This podcast episode delves into the recent mpox outbreak in Africa, following its declaration as a public health emergency by the WHO and the challenges it poses, particularly in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Professor Salim Abdool Karim discusses the emergence of new mpox clades with increased transmissibil...

The UK's COVID-19 public enquiry, with Richard Horton

Developments in our understanding of dementia

Losing progress on human rights

Ozempic, public health, and black markets

Women in global health

AI and LLMs in healthcare

The hidden costs of breast cancer

Race & Health: Intersectionality

Race & Health: History of medical racism

Early menopause

Race & Health: Epistemic injustice

A new vaccine in the fight against malaria

Race & Health: Under the skin

Michael Marmot on health and the UK election