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Dr Gloria Maimela, Director of Climate and Health at Wits RHI in South Africa, outlines the impacts of excessive heat on pregnant women – and shares some of the ways research…

The development and roll out of Covid-19 vaccines was a historic moment and the result of a global, collaborative research effort. But without vaccines distributed…

Being mugged or randomly attacked in the street often leaves people paranoid and distrustful of others long after the attack, according to a study published today. The…

With businesses looking to support the mental health of their staff more than ever, Miranda Wolpert explains how science can guide their process.

Any Covid-19 vaccines, tests and treatments developed should benefit the whole world. We are working with the ACT-Accelerator and other international partners to make sure…

The Wellcome Trust is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Mark Walport as the new Director of the Trust. Professor Walport succeeds Dr Mike Dexter, who retires…

Dr Mike Dexter, Director of the Wellcome Trust said: "Sir John's achievements rank alongside our greatest biological and medical discoveries. His C. elegans work inspired a…

The impact of drug-resistant infections is much higher than previously thought, as shown in a new report from the Centers for Disease Control.

A team of UK researchers has identified the most accurate test for identifying HPV-related head and neck cancers, which they hope will become the diagnostic standard and have…

A widely prescribed type 2 diabetes drug slows down the ageing process by mimicking the effects of dieting, according to a study published this week using worms to…

New Covid-19 variants could jeopardise a lot of the work that has been done to contain the pandemic. Genomic surveillance can help us track and contain them.

A study published today in the journal ‘Science’ offers a long-awaited explanation for the link between HIV infection and susceptibility to life-threatening nontyphoidal…

We need urgent international action to achieve more equitable global access to Covid-19 vaccines. Countries that have ordered more vaccine …

Babies born to mothers who suffer from a rare metabolic complication during pregnancy are programmed to be overweight, according to a study published today in the ‘Journal of…

This report summarises research insights about promising approaches for improving the mental health of young workers. 

Dr Charlotte Summers and Professor Rashida Ferrand have spent more than 18 months tackling Covid-19 at the frontline – in the UK and Zimbabwe. We speak to them about their…

The Wellcome Trust, the UK’s largest charitable foundation and one of the world’s largest funders of medical research, today announces that it has priced £400 million of…

Epic Games and Wellcome are inviting games developers based in Europe to participate in a new $500,000 year-long development competition Developing Beyond.

Ten years in the making, ‘The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks’ - a beautiful but harrowing work of non-fiction by Rebecca Skloot - has won the 2010 Wellcome Trust Book Prize.

A coalition of leading funders of biomedical research and patients groups has today issued a joint statement calling on the European Parliament to continue funding research…