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A Covid-19 patient breathing with the assistance of oxygen and her daughter sitting on a bed in a hospital talk to relatives through a mobile phone.

Explainer

What treatments are working for Covid-19?

23 June 2021

A man stands in the centre of lush green trees and plants in Mau Forest, Kenya.

News

Our new Hub residents will explore how environmental change impacts mental health

21 June 2021

Wellcome's 5 anti-racism principles: Prioritise, Investigate, Involve, Counteract, Progress

Opinion

Author: Kalaiyashni Puvanendran

Becoming anti-racist: the principles guiding Wellcome's journey

16 June 2021

A healthcare worker holds up a dose of a Covid-19 vaccine.

Explainer

How well do first and second vaccine doses work against Covid-19?

11 June 2021

A doctor checks a Covid-19 patient while receiving oxygen outside a hospital in Nepal

Opinion

Author: Sophie Evekink

3 things G7 leaders can do to end the Covid-19 pandemic

8 June 2021

A photograph to the right of the frame shows a person with medical gloves on pipettes into a tube. Four illustrations of medical vials spread out to the left of the image. Connected to the hand by orange lines.

Opinion

Author: Charlie Weller

Four reasons why we need multiple vaccines for Covid-19

7 June 2021

Airport staff and health personnel handle boxes with doses of AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines.

Opinion

Author: Will Hall

The road to 1 billion vaccines – what Covid-19 dose sharing commitments are needed from the G7

7 June 2021

Illustration of the world with four vaccine vials around the edge.

Explainer

Why is a global Covid-19 vaccine rollout vital?

6 June 2021

Health workers in the vaccination room during the COVID-19 vaccination campaign on May 5, 2021 in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Opinion

Our open letter to the UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson

4 June 2021

An image of the world sits at the centre of the image. An orange circle surrounds the world, connecting out to an image of a vial in the top left of the image and a virus with a red line through it in the bottom right.

Q&A

Author: Anna Mouser; Jeremy Farrar

Why we need fair global vaccine allocation to end Covid-19

3 June 2021

Shinzo Abe, Japan's prime minister, speaks at the G20 summit, surrounded by world leaders.

Opinion

Author: Alex Harris

Failure of political leadership – and imagination – is holding back the Covid-19 recovery

19 May 2021

A teacher wearing a mask speaks to her students in front of the classroom.

News

From equality to global poverty: the Covid-19 effects on societies and economies

17 May 2021

A large virus is on the left of the image on a light blue background, it connects out to the left, via orange lines, to other viruses with slight difference in shape.

Q&A

Author: Divya Shah

What is a variant? An expert explains

11 May 2021

Animation showing a doctor administering a vaccine to a volunteer

Explainer

What are human infection studies and why do we need them?

11 May 2021

Two people painting and looking at devices, illustration.

Opinion

Author: Ekin Bolukbasi

Wellcome Data Prizes: how can we use data to transform mental health interventions?

6 May 2021

A young boy holds his arm

Opinion

Author: Anna Mouser

What are the most effective ways to improve vaccination rates?

28 April 2021

COVAX-supported Covid-19 vaccines arriving in Nicaragua in March 2021

Explainer

Why we need to share vaccine doses now and why COVAX is the right way to do it

27 April 2021

Two scientists at the Sanger Institute prepare the sequencing machines.

Q&A

Author: Sonia Gonçalves

An expert explains how to track coronavirus variants

16 April 2021

People queue for vaccination outside a tent, while three nurses write down their details on paper.

Opinion

Author: Beth Thompson

How should the world invest to prevent the next pandemic?

12 April 2021

Illustration of a microscope, checklist and female researcher

Explainer

What are 'adverse events' and 'emergency use authorisation' in relation to vaccination?

8 April 2021