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Containment measures introduced in Vietnam to prevent the spread of the 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza did not succeed in halting the virus, but may have bought health services…

A rare medieval manuscript threatened with exile abroad has been bought by the UK's leading library for the history of medicine and is available to the public today for the…

The Wellcome Trust announces today that it has acquired the Co-operative Group's farms business for a purchase price of £249 million. The business, which will now trade as…

A tribute to Danny Truell, who was Wellcome's Chief Investment Officer for more than a decade and helped make Wellcome what it is today.

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 Pencil drawn sketch showing Francis Crick’s first impressions of the famous DNA double helix is amongst a unique collection of materials from his personal archive which…

The Covid-19 outbreak is not just a public health crisis, it’s rapidly becoming a global crisis – of health, economics and politics.

Six months after lockdown was first announced in the UK, the country is seeing a rise in Covid-19 infections. Jeremy Farrar reflects on the measures we need to suppress…

As we'll soon start to see the results of the first vaccines coming through late-stage clinical trials, Jeremy Farrar explains why we should be cautiously optimistic.

As the G7 leaders meet in Cornwall this month, we are calling on them to share 1 billion vaccine doses before the end of 2021, starting immediately.

The Wellcome Library in London has added to its collection of drawings with the acquisition of a magnificent portrait drawing of the French surgeon Ange-Bernard Imbert-…

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Having a range of Covid-19 vaccines available for people to use around the world is essential to bring the pandemic under control. Here’s why. 

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

Wellcome Collection and City Stories Walks have been working together to bring you their first interactive, multimedia walking tour straight to your iPhone or iPod Touch.

Jameisha Prescod and Yoppy Pieter have been announced as the winners of the Wellcome Photography Prize 2021.

Henry Wellcome (1853-1936) was a pharmaceutical entrepreneur. He left us three things in his will: his wealth, his collection of historical medical items, and a mission to…

The G7 summit is a critical opportunity for political leaders to change the course of the Covid-19 pandemic and concretely discuss how we need to…

The Covid-19 pandemic is global, and to bring the pandemic to a close, a collaborative, global approach is needed. But why is it so important that all countries have access…

The Wellcome Trust Book Prize today announces its second ever shortlist for works of fiction and non-fiction on the theme of health, illness or medicine. One will win the £25…