Press release archive

Julia Gillard, chair of Wellcome and former Prime Minister of Australia, explains why 'phasing out fossil fuels is a public health intervention' on the eve of the first ever Health Day at COP.

Highlighting the health relevance of climate change and the health benefits of climate solutions can generate support for climate action, a major review of evidence on the subject has found. 

The world’s largest health information management system has been awarded funding to integrate climate and health data to help predict health impacts of climate change. 

Wellcome statement in response to the 2023 report of the Lancet Pathfinder Commission

Ahead of this years World Antimicrobial Awareness Week, Head of Intervention in Wellcome's Infectious Disease team, discusses the growing risk of drug-resistant infections and what is required to combat this global threat.

Wellcome statement in response to the 2023 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change

Phil Clark has taken up the role of Executive Chair of the management company Wellcome is setting up to operate its expanded Cambridgeshire science campus. Wellcome is investing in a major expansion of the site, creating new lab space and community amenities. 

Wellcome statement in response to the World Health Organization Global Tuberculosis Report 2023. 

Sir Stephen Lovegrove and Diana Noble will join Wellcome’s Board of Governors this month. 

Wellcome statement in response the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) annual ‘State of Climate Services’ report with this year’s edition focusing on health

Dr John-Arne Røttingen, a medical scientist, public health official, diplomat and research administrator, will take up the post in January 2024.

Wellcome responds to the announcement from the UK Government will rejoin Horizon Europe, the EU's scientific research scheme and world’s largest research collaboration programme.

The UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, together with Wellcome, have announced approval for funding to upgrade the UK’s national synchrotron, Diamond Light Source. 

Scientific research will increasingly face questions about its own environmental impact, Wellcome says, with support from leadership necessary to make meaningful change.

Jimmy Volmink has been appointed Wellcome’s Chief Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Officer, and Beth Thompson has been appointed Chief Strategy Officer.

Wellcome, the charitable foundation which supports science to solve urgent global health challenges, has set a target of reaching net zero for its UK scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2030.

A new podcast from Wellcome will spotlight the role that science can play in finding practical solutions to the greatest global health challenges of our time. 

Wellcome and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announce funding to advance a tuberculosis (TB) vaccine candidate through a Phase III clinical trial.

As world braces for El Niño – can science help to limit the catastrophic health effects of soaring global temperatures?

Wellcome responds to the announcement from the US National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) that El Niño conditions are present and expected to gradually strengthen into the Northern Hemisphere winter 2023-24.