Racial disparities in mortality rates persist in the United States

Racial disparities in mortality rates persist in the United States

An analysis of 19 causes of death in the United States revealed persistent disparities and a familiar pattern across five racial-ethnic groups and 3,110 counties from 2000 to 2019. That’s according to the most comprehensive peer-reviewed research published today in The Lancet. The mortality rates among American Indian or Alaska Native (AIAN) and Black populations … Read more

A global health problem with wide disparities

A global health problem with wide disparities

Anemia affected nearly 2 billion people in 2021, impacting women to a greater degree than men. In a new study covering three decades of global anemia data (1990–2021), a complex picture emerges of how several key factors play into the divergence in success stories among men, women, and children. Published today in The Lancet Haematology, … Read more

‘Geneva patient’ becomes first to be cured of HIV after ‘normal’ stem cell transplant

‘Geneva patient’ becomes first to be cured of HIV after ‘normal’ stem cell transplant

After 20 months after interrupting antiretroviral therapy, HIV was undetectable in the patient’s blood. A man known as the “Geneva patient” has become the latest person in the world to be cured of HIV after a stem cell transplant for cancer treatment. While there have been five other known cases of people who have been … Read more