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Why disease surveillance and cooperation will be key to managing this outbreak and others in the future. 

Discovering and then bringing new antibiotics to market is a tricky challenge – but one we need to solve if we want to be better protected against the growing threat of drug-…

For some people, the glass is always half-full. Even when a football fan’s team has lost ten matches in a row, he might still be convinced his team can reverse its run of bad…

Mental health problems like depression are common among university students. This research team will design, deliver and evaluate low-cost, peer-led interventions that could…

We want the research we fund – like publications, data, software and materials – to be open and accessible, so it can have the greatest possible impact.

How do athletes move so fast and jump so high? As the world focuses on the extraordinary feats of human performance that will take place in London next summer, the Wellcome…

Developing emerging leaders from a range of backgrounds so they can engage the public with health research.

The best of humanity has shone through the gloom of 2020. The dedication of scientists across the globe has been remarkable, not just for producing a string of lifesaving…

"It's a book everyone should read… there's no one who wouldn't be a more imaginative and understanding parent - or human being - for having done so… a wise and beautiful book…

We understand that different people choose different career paths, so we want to provide flexible research career opportunities.

The world could have been much better prepared for Covid-19. So now we must ask: How well prepared are we going to be for the next pandemic?  

New research in mice reveals why the body is so slow to recover from jet-lag and identifies a target for the development of drugs that could help us to adjust faster to…

Both the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines, unlike the vaccines we already use for other diseases, have been developed using ribonucleic acid (RNA) technology. So…

We want to help the world overcome Covid-19. We’re calling for urgent international action to get lifesaving tests, treatments and vaccines from the laboratory to the front…

As scientists, we try to make sure our research is rigorous so that we can avoid costly errors. We should take the same approach to tackle issues in research culture, says…

The global community showed the power of working together during the West African Ebola epidemic. Continuing to do so could be key to improving epidemic preparedness.

Scientists have uncovered clues as to how our genomes became riddled with viruses. The study, supported by the Wellcome Trust, reveals important information about the so-…

Humans have strong preferences for fairness and equality, and these preferences motivate altruistic behaviour. But what is it that makes us behave unselfishly towards others…

We know that a global vaccine roll out will be essential to get control of the coronavirus. Sir Jeremy Farrar explains exactly why equitable access to the Covid-19 vaccine is…

Researchers have identified the dose of dengue virus in human blood that is required to infect mosquitoes when they bite. Mosquitoes are essential for transmitting the virus…