Women are turning to testosterone, but what does the science actually say?Daniel Kelly, Sheffield Hallam University
One in eight cancers are likely caused by an infection worldwide – new studyJohn (Eddie) La Marca, WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research) and Sarah Diepstraten, WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research)
Child malnutrition is one of Africa’s biggest health challenges: food aid is only part of the solutionGabriel Kanuti Ndimbo, University of Dar es Salaam and Chakupewa Joseph Mpambije, University of Dar es Salaam
Climate crisis is affecting children’s nutritionMarina Maintinguer Norde, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp); Aline Martins de Carvalho, Universidade de São Paulo (USP); Fernanda Gomes Ferreira Teixeira, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), and Mariana Ceci, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp)
Restraint in mental health hospitals: what families want staff to understandElaine Craig, Manchester Metropolitan University
Endocrine disruptors: How hormone-disrupting chemicals in everyday products can affect your thyroid and healthMaria Fernanda Barca, Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
Taxi drivers rarely die of Alzheimer’s – how complex mental maps and spatial reasoning protect your brainHatim Sharif, The University of Texas at San Antonio
AI-designed viruses are a test of whether biosecurity can keep paceTuck Seng Wong, University of Sheffield and Kang Lan Tee, University of Sheffield
Portugal decriminalized drugs 25 years ago, but the real lesson is what it built around this policyKaryn Sporer, University of Maine and Robert Glover, University of Maine
Zambia’s national health insurance cuts costs for older people, but funding gaps limit its potential – studyMalizgani Paul Chavula, University of Zambia and Cosmas Zyambo, University of Zambia
Lightning strikes kill thousands globally each year, but for those who survive, the storm is far from overDaile Zhang, University of North Dakota
Why Americans seeking affordable doctor visits and medicines abroad may misjudge healthcare qualityKelli Frias, American University and Deidre Popovich, Texas Tech University
Teenage girls may know how to prevent pregnancy – that doesn’t mean they have the power to do itDeevia Bhana, University of KwaZulu-Natal
For refugees to the US, discrimination can make healthcare harder to getHyojin Im, Virginia Commonwealth University
Respectful maternity care starts with improving hospital culture: lessons from rural South AfricaTanya Doherty, South African Medical Research Council and Christiane Horwood, University of KwaZulu-Natal
Preeclampsia rates in minority communities shed light on the social roots of maternal health disparitiesCarina Heckert, University of Texas at El Paso and Kyle Wiley, University of Texas at El Paso
Bangladesh has lost 900 children to measles – a warning to other countries where vaccine rates have slippedVikram Niranjan, University of Limerick and Colum P. Dunne, University of Limerick
Vaccination rates are falling in Africa, but a new strategy aims to turn things around. Five things it needs to get rightCharles Shey Wiysonge, Stellenbosch University; South African Medical Research Council
Can an ancient virus be brought back to life? What 500-year-old smallpox DNA revealsAris Katzourakis, University of Oxford
DRC’s Ebola epidemic could be the worst in history: 4 things that could help end itYap Boum, Mbarara University of Science and Technology and Marie Roseline Belizaire, Universidad de Alcalá
Why millions of people around the world are contracting measles in 2026Kathryn H. Jacobsen, University of Richmond
How South Korea is tackling its super-aging problem – and what other aging nations can learn from its experienceJeongmin Park, Penn State and Alexis R. Santos, Penn State
Should you say ‘autistic person’ or ‘person with autism’? Here’s how language has changedJemima Kang, The University of Melbourne; Alsa Wu, The University of Melbourne; Naomi Baes, The University of Melbourne, and Nick Haslam, The University of Melbourne
Strait of Hormuz crisis: how danger and uncertainty can affect the mental health of seafarersPatricia Kennedy, University College Cork; Anita Rayegani, University of Hamburg, and Eka Siradze, Tbilisi State University
How a simple group therapy program is helping depressed teen mothers in KenyaManasi Kumar, New York University; Anne Obondo, University of Nairobi; Caleb Othieno, Maseno University, and Obadia Yator, University of Nairobi
Daydreams, mind-wandering and rumination: What you think about can affect your feelings and moodJulia Kam, University of Calgary; Caitlin Mills, University of Minnesota, and Jessica Andrews-Hanna, University of Arizona
