The world’s most expensive drug is a cure for haemophilia
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the world’s most expensive drug. Per dose, Hemgenix will cost US$3.5 million. A gene therapy drug, Hemgenix...
Should the venerable NEJM be renamed?
The world’s most prestigious medical journal, the New England Journal of Medicine, is digging its heels in over the controversial issue of transgender medicine. The...
New kids on the block: geeky, wealthy, entrepreneurial pro-natalism activists
This month, the 8 billionth child entered the world. Demographers believe that the world’s population is moving towards 10 billion. But at some point, the...
Any day now: the moment humanity reaches ‘peak child’
“There are now 8 billion people in the world — but overpopulation should be the least of your worries.” This is not a headline that...
Denmark to investigate shameful campaign of population control in Greenland in the 60s and 70s
Between 1966 and 1975 Danish doctors implanted intrauterine devices (IUSs) in half of the indigenous women in Greenland to promote health and to stop the...
Be good for goodness’ sake
“Be good for goodness’ sake” is not only the secret of piling up presents from Santa Claus under the Christmas tree, but the secret of...
Monkeypox is now a national health emergency in US
The Biden Administration has declared the monkeypox epidemic a national health emergency, following New York and the United Nations. There have been nearly 7,000 cases...
The opioid crisis isn’t just the Sacklers’ fault – and making Purdue Pharma pay isn’t enough on its own to fix the pharmaceutical industry’s deeper problems
You may have heard of the Sackler family and the role that they and their privately held company, Purdue Pharma, played in the opioid crisis....
The UK’s only gender clinic will close its doors
Halfway through her investigation into transgender medicine for children in the UK, Dr Hilary Cass has shut down the only gender clinic in the country,...
Monkeypox is now a global health emergency
Fears of a monkeypox epidemic are spreading in the United States. The governor of New York state, Kathy Hochul, has declared it a statewide disaster...
The stigma of monkeypox
The World Health Organization has refused to panic over the rapid and unprecedented spread of monkeypox across the globe. In its latest (June 17) advisory,...
JAMA appoints new editor for new times
Last year, the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) lost both its deputy editor and its editor. To rephrase Oscar Wilde’s quip: to lose...