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The History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group celebrates the 21st anniversary of its inaugural Witness Seminar, with the publication of an anthology of stories behind many…

The true impact of the Covid-19 pandemic will be felt beyond its immediate effects. Jeremy Farrar explains why the choices leaders make now will help define the 21st century.

The Department of Twin Research at King's College London (based at St Thomas' Hospital) celebrates 21 years of genetic research this week, highlighting key achievements and…

What does it mean to be human? A new permanent gallery at Wellcome Collection opens today to explore what being human means in the 21st century.

Wellcome Trust Director Jeremy Farrar has issued the following statement in reaction to the international agreement on climate change reached at COP21.

The government’s proposed reforms to the National Health Service lack a clear vision of what a 21st-century health service should deliver, according to the Director of the…

Celebrating 150 years of the Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery at King’s College London, Wellcome Collection opens its doors for a late night extravaganza…

Following on from the sell out success of last year’s event, Wellcome Collection is delighted to be returning with Quacks and Cures - an unusual, quirky and entertaining…

For the first 20 years of his life, Henry Nicholls had a healthy relationship with sleep. Shortly after his 21st birthday, he began to experience symptoms of narcolepsy, a…

Wellcome's Annual Report 2021 describes our activities during the past year, and reviews our finances and investments.

In the mid-19th century, John Snow mapped cases of cholera in Soho, London, and traced the source of the outbreak to a contaminated water pump. Now, in a 21st-century…

If climate change is one of the greatest global health threats of the 21st century, climate mitigation is the greatest global health opportunity. Here’s why.

Wellcome Photography Prize, a new international photography prize celebrating compelling imagery that captures stories of health, medicine and science launches today.

Covid-19 alerted the world to the devastating potential of pandemics in the 21st century. Photojournalist Hugh Kinsella Cunningham and writer and public health professional,…

Big Picture Issue 21 focusing on the immune system and what it does to try to keep us healthy even when we’re surrounded (and often inhabited) by potentially harmful things…

The first malaria vaccine has been given to more than 1.7 million children in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi so far – and it could save tens of thousands of lives when it is rolled…

Now in its fourth year, our Engagement Fellowships scheme aims to support and develop upcoming stars in public engagement with science.

A revolutionary photography exhibition featuring portraits of brain donors, whose identities are revealed for the first time, opens today at Shoreditch Town Hall. By…