Devi SridharJournalist
The Guardian
Health & social care coverage read by Vital Signs
17 articles
Across 7 topics, first on 1 Oct 2025, most recently 9 Oct 2026.
This counts only pieces our coverage scan read on the topics Vital Signs tracks, not their full output.
Biography
Prof Devi Sridhar is chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh, and the author of How Not to Die (Too Soon)
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Recent articles
- You have a higher chance of getting cancer at a younger age than your parents. So what went wrong? | Devi Sridhar
The GuardianCancer9 Oct 2026
- Britons are not ageing healthily – we need to learn from countries that have made it a priority | Devi Sridhar
The GuardianCancer29 Sept 2026
- We all know a lack of exercise is bad for our bodies. So what is relying on AI doing to our brains? | Devi Sridhar
The GuardianCancer27 Sept 2026
- Free cholesterol tests on the NHS are great – but here’s the five-point health MOT I’d really like to see | Devi Sridhar
The GuardianNHS waiting lists2 Sept 2026
- The US public is fed up with RFK Jr. To really ‘make America healthy again’, it should look to Europe | Devi Sridhar
The GuardianCancer30 Jul 2026
- Fit with just five minutes’ exercise a day? I don’t believe it | Devi Sridhar
The GuardianElderly care & frailty23 Jun 2026
- Cancer is now a story of the good, the bad and the ugly – but also hope | Devi Sridhar
The GuardianCancer1 Jun 2026
- Ebola in the DRC needs the world’s attention now – if your neighbour’s house is on fire, you don’t wait and watch
The GuardianCancer19 May 2026
- A game-changer for good health? Scientists believe ‘we are when we eat’ | Devi Sridhar
The GuardianCancer5 May 2026
- A non-controversial public health policy? The UK's gradual ban on smoking has been a PR success | Devi Sridhar
The GuardianHospital discharge / bed-blocking29 Apr 2026
- Even without social media, phones have a subtle, damaging effect on our mental health | Devi Sridhar
The GuardianMental health25 Apr 2026
- Meningitis is back – and here is why | Devi Sridhar
The GuardianHospital discharge / bed-blocking17 Mar 2026
- Other countries are streets ahead of the UK on childhood obesity. Here’s what they’re doing differently | Devi Sridhar
The GuardianChildren's health6 Mar 2026
- The WHO learned to love ‘anti-obesity’ jabs in 2025. I don’t fully agree, but I get it | Devi Sridhar
The GuardianDiabetes31 Dec 2025
- Don't call it a 'super flu' – but the NHS is right to be worried this winter | Devi Sridhar
The GuardianHospital discharge / bed-blocking15 Dec 2025
- Interviewing future medical students gave me that rare thing: hope for the NHS | Devi Sridhar
The GuardianHospital discharge / bed-blocking10 Dec 2025
- Colon cancer is on the rise among young people – and research points to one major culprit | Devi Sridhar
The GuardianCancer1 Oct 2025
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