What are the risks of a future surge in variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease cases?

Join Senior Editor Stephanie Becker as she sits down with Professor Simon Mead to discuss the history of the bovine spongiform encephalopathy epidemic, what updated estimates for future vCJD cases mean for public health policy, and advances in biomarkers and treatments.

Click here to read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanepe/article/PIIS2666-7762(25)00294-7/fulltext

Alan Fraser and Stefan James talk to Acting Deputy Editor Heather Brown about the evidence needed for regulatory approval of high-risk medical devices, such as stents, valves, pacemakers, and orthopaedic implants. The CORE-MD project makes recommendations for what evidence should be needed and calls for greater transparency and predictability.

Click here to read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanepe/article/PIIS2666-7762(25)00252-2/fulltext

In this episode, Senior Editor Ivana Nedic is joined by Professor Sir Graham Thornicroft to discuss the urgent need to transform mental health in Europe.

Building on the newly launched Transforming Mental Health in Europe Series in The Lancet Regional Health – Europe, they explore its four key themes: persistent gaps in care, the mental health of healthcare workers, challenges facing children and young people, and the case of Central and Eastern Europe.

The conversation highlights priority areas for action, drawing on European examples, and considers how policy and services can drive meaningful and lasting change in mental health systems.

Read the Series:

https://www.thelancet.com/series-do/mental-health-europe?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_lanepemheurope25_lanepe