Press release archive

Beth Thompson, Executive Director Policy & Partnerships at Wellcome, responds to the government's newly unveiled 10 Year Health Plan for England

John-Arne Røttingen, Wellcome’s chief executive, made a series of announcements regarding the global health research foundation's open research methods

An ambitious Wellcome-funded project is aiming to develop the tool needed to synthesise human genomes

The Wellcome Photography Prize has unveiled its Top 25 entries, selected for the 2025 edition of the awards

Alan Dangour, Director of Climate and Health at Wellcome, responds to Met Office report warning of 45 degree heat in UK and month long heatwaves

John-Arne Røttingen, chief executive of Wellcome, responds to the government's spending review

John-Arne Røttingen, chief executive of Wellcome, responds to DSIT's funding announcement ahead of the spending review. 

Felipe Colón, Technology Lead in Data for Science and Health at Wellcome, responds to the UKHSA and APHA's announcement that West Nile virus was detected in UK mosquitoes for the first time. 

At a joint event on the sidelines of the 78^th World Health Assembly, The Rockefeller Foundation announced a US $5.2 million grant to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) to support the WHO-WMO Climate and Health Joint Programme, matching Wellcome’s US $6.3 million grant announced last October at the World Health Summit. 

Jeremy Knox, Head of Infectious Disease Policy at Wellcome, responds to announcement of a WHO Pandemic Agreement

John-Arne Røttingen, chief executive of Wellcome, responds to the UK government's plans to set new 10-year budgets for R&D funding.

Researchers forecast that there will be an increased risk of infection from fungi over the coming years, including a significant spread of some fungal pathogens across Europe, the extent of which will depend on global actions to mitigate climate change. Less climate mitigation will increase the spread of fungal pathogens in certain areas, putting more people at risk.

Alan Dangour, Director of Climate and Health at Wellcome, responds to UK Climate Change Committee report on the failure to prepare for extreme weather

Wellcome responds to mpox outbreak news and unknown disease in Democratic Republic of Congo

Wellcome responds to UK aid budget cut for defence funding

Wellcome congratulates Professor Sir Ian Chapman on appointment as CEO of UKRI

Initiative marks first investment of global health partnership between the Gates Foundation, Novo Nordisk Foundation, and Wellcome to address global health challenges that disproportionately impact people living in low- and middle-income countries.

John-Arne Røttingen, chief executive of Wellcome, responds to US cuts to global health research funding

More than ever before, research must be a core part of transformational change for the NHS. That’s the key message in a new report from Wellcome, BIT and Nesta, in collaboration with RAND Europe. It presents a plan for a future-proof NHS driven by research and innovation with a decade.

Beth Thompson, Executive Director, Policy & Partnerships at Wellcome, responds to the announcement made by Rachel Reeves, UK Chancellor, on plans for economic growth including plans for the life sciences.