{"title":"The royal colleges have a lot to offer a changing NHS but are an undervalued asset.","authors":"Kamila Hawthorne, Daniele Bryden, Bernard L Croal","doi":"10.1136/bmj.s872","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.s872","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9201,"journal":{"name":"BMJ : British Medical Journal","volume":"393 ","pages":"s872"},"PeriodicalIF":42.7,"publicationDate":"2026-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147833958","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Leo A Celi, Nikhil Jaiswal, Rahul Gorijavolu, Tina Hernandez-Boussard
{"title":"Evidence, transparency, and scope: concerns about Doctronic.","authors":"Leo A Celi, Nikhil Jaiswal, Rahul Gorijavolu, Tina Hernandez-Boussard","doi":"10.1136/bmj.s833","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.s833","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9201,"journal":{"name":"BMJ : British Medical Journal","volume":"393 ","pages":"s833"},"PeriodicalIF":42.7,"publicationDate":"2026-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147833868","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"AI supposedly outperforms doctors in US study, but experts urge caution.","authors":"Chris Stokel-Walker","doi":"10.1136/bmj.s874","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.s874","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9201,"journal":{"name":"BMJ : British Medical Journal","volume":"393 ","pages":"s874"},"PeriodicalIF":42.7,"publicationDate":"2026-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147833903","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pamela Doyon-Plourde, Jeffrey Chong, Elissa M Abrams, Robert Pless, Kelsey Young, Matthew Tunis, Joseline Zafack
{"title":"Aluminium adjuvants in vaccines and potential health effects: systematic review.","authors":"Pamela Doyon-Plourde, Jeffrey Chong, Elissa M Abrams, Robert Pless, Kelsey Young, Matthew Tunis, Joseline Zafack","doi":"10.1136/bmj-2025-088921","DOIUrl":"10.1136/bmj-2025-088921","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To systematically review and critically appraise human evidence on potential health effects of aluminium adjuvanted vaccines.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Systematic review following PRISMA (preferred reporting items for systematic review and meta-analysis) 2020 guidelines.</p><p><strong>Data sources: </strong>Six databases and trial registries were searched from inception to 3 March 2023 then updated to 27 November 2025. Reference lists of eligible studies were also screened.</p><p><strong>Eligibility criteria for selecting studies: </strong>Human studies assessing health outcomes after aluminium adjuvanted vaccination, including randomised controlled trials, cohort studies, case series, and ecological studies. Investigational vaccines, case reports, and review articles were excluded.</p><p><strong>Data extraction and synthesis: </strong>Two reviewers screened studies (with AI assistance for the 2023-25 update), extracted data, and assessed risk of bias (using RoB 2.0, ROBINS-I, or an adapted tool for case series). Certainty of evidence was rated using GRADE (Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The review included 59 studies (37 case series, 11 randomised controlled trials, nine cohort studies, two ecological studies). High quality evidence from randomised controlled trials and large cohorts consistently showed no association between aluminium adjuvanted vaccines and serious or long term health outcomes, such as asthma, autism spectrum disorders, or other chronic conditions. Studies on macrophagic myofasciitis were generally small and methodologically limited, and did not provide credible evidence of a causal association (very low certainty). Localised persistent nodules or granulomas were observed infrequently after diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccines, consistent with delayed type hypersensitivity (<1%, self-limited; moderate to low certainty). For common adverse events (eg, headache, myalgia), high certainty randomised controlled trials found no consistent increase in risk with aluminium adjuvanted formulations. When differences were observed, they were small and predominantly mild to moderate in severity. Evidence was dominated by methodologically limited studies, with most case series and ecological studies at serious or critical risk of bias. Conclusions are primarily supported by higher quality randomised controlled trials and cohort evidence.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Current evidence does not support causal associations between aluminium adjuvanted vaccines and serious or long term health outcomes. The most consistently documented reactions were persistent nodules or granulomas that are uncommon, local, and self-limited hypersensitivity reactions. These findings are broadly consistent with post-licensure surveillance findings. The predominance of methodologically limited studies for some outcomes highlights the need for higher qu","PeriodicalId":9201,"journal":{"name":"BMJ : British Medical Journal","volume":"393 ","pages":"e088921"},"PeriodicalIF":42.7,"publicationDate":"2026-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13147496/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147833861","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"How US fetal tissue research was sacrificed on the altar of politics.","authors":"Owen Dyer","doi":"10.1136/bmj.s767","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.s767","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9201,"journal":{"name":"BMJ : British Medical Journal","volume":"393 ","pages":"s767"},"PeriodicalIF":42.7,"publicationDate":"2026-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147833983","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Y Tony Yang, Katrina Perehudoff, Bach Tran, Gavin Churchyard
{"title":"Restoring certainty to global health regulation.","authors":"Y Tony Yang, Katrina Perehudoff, Bach Tran, Gavin Churchyard","doi":"10.1136/bmj.s814","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.s814","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9201,"journal":{"name":"BMJ : British Medical Journal","volume":"393 ","pages":"s814"},"PeriodicalIF":42.7,"publicationDate":"2026-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147834032","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Puberty blockers: BMA critique vindicates Cass review but questions government \"overreach\".","authors":"Rebecca Coombes","doi":"10.1136/bmj.s876","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.s876","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9201,"journal":{"name":"BMJ : British Medical Journal","volume":"393 ","pages":"s876"},"PeriodicalIF":42.7,"publicationDate":"2026-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147834015","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Hantavirus: Three dead in cruise ship outbreak as authorities investigate human-to-human transmission.","authors":"Luke Taylor","doi":"10.1136/bmj.s875","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.s875","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9201,"journal":{"name":"BMJ : British Medical Journal","volume":"393 ","pages":"s875"},"PeriodicalIF":42.7,"publicationDate":"2026-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147834039","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Identifying and managing pregnancy-related pelvic girdle pain.","authors":"Adam Jakes, Komal Chadha, Paula Igualada-Martinez","doi":"10.1136/bmj-2025-088930","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2025-088930","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9201,"journal":{"name":"BMJ : British Medical Journal","volume":"393 ","pages":"e088930"},"PeriodicalIF":42.7,"publicationDate":"2026-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147834029","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Glyphosate: US Supreme Court ruling could block lawsuits alleging pesticide causes cancer.","authors":"Rob Reddick","doi":"10.1136/bmj.s859","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.s859","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9201,"journal":{"name":"BMJ : British Medical Journal","volume":"393 ","pages":"s859"},"PeriodicalIF":42.7,"publicationDate":"2026-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147833920","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}