Chaccour and colleagues published an interesting study in the NEJM investigating whether giving ivermectin monthly for 3 months during the rainy season would reduce the incidence of malaria compared to albendazole.

Recent media reports highlighted another tragic case of incorrect lignocaine dosing for local anaesthesia resulting in the death of a teenage boy.

An opinion piece by a gastroenterologist specialising in obesity treatment is a good reminder that in the real world all medicines have a downside.