This special report focuses on a series in the British journal The Lancet, warning that ultra-processed foods (UPFs) are ...

Rampant misinformation linking autism to vaccination has circulated for decades. The latest iteration spreading online ...

Columnist Carrie Dennett discusses a recent three-part series of articles from the scientific journal The Lancet about ...

Industry voices challenge The Lancet’s UPF report, warning against policy based on processing labels and calling for evidence-driven nutrition strategies.

The changing climate stands to overturn nearly half a century of gains in human longevity and well-being, but aggressive action to cut carbon could save lives and be a net benefit for humanity. That’s ...

Now that the COVID-19 pandemic is finally over — we have President Joe Biden’s word on this — the Lancet Commission set up more than two years ago to investigate it has finally issued a report. It’s a ...

Global heat-related deaths have surged since the 1990s, with high temperatures killing more than half-a-million people annually, according to an audit on the worldwide health impacts of climate change ...

LONDON — More than one third of global dementia cases may be preventable by addressing nine lifestyle factors that affect an individual's risk, according to the findings of a new comprehensive report ...

Even in the era of COVID-19, the opioid crisis stands out as one of this century’s most devastating public health disasters, according to a Stanford-Lancet report to be published Feb. 2. The report, ...

Last week, Lancet Oncology released a special report, "Future Cancer Research Priorities in the USA: A Lancet Oncology Commission." As co-author of this report, I joined fellow cancer research experts ...