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Scientists have discovered a promising drug candidate to treat Cryptosporidiosis, one of the major causes of global child deaths.

Information concerning a recent email data breach at Wellcome.

Climate change is having a profound effect on infectious diseases like dengue, malaria and cholera. Wellcome is funding digital tools to help address that.

The British public are being invited to share their experiences of rest as part of a national ‘Rest Test’, which launched on 3 November at 9pm on BBC Radio 4’s All in the…

Wellcome-funded researchers have identified the molecular mechanism that leads to the death of neurons in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (also known as ALS or motor neurone…

Teenage girls with severe antisocial behaviour show abnormal changes in the structure of their brains, according to a study published today. The findings support previous…

Wellcome Global Monitor 2020 Chapter 1

We've introduced a new vision and strategy for Wellcome that we hope will have significant positive impacts on the course of human health over the next two decades.

Different research programmes the Wellcome Trust is involved in may help to bring the Zika outbreak under control.

As we publish our annual report, Julia Gillard, Chair of Wellcome, shares her outlook on the critical role for science in solving urgent health challenges facing everyone.

Health and scientific research will be severely threatened if proposed amendments to the Data Protection Regulation are taken forward by the European Parliament, warns a pan-…

What role do patterns play in helping us to tackle outbreaks around the world?

A class of antiretroviral drugs commonly used to treat HIV, particularly in Africa and low-income countries, can cause premature ageing, according to research published today…

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Understanding why suicide rates in Puerto Rico have risen by a third since Hurricane Maria could help us prepare for future natural disasters.

Around half (51%) of women and four out of ten (42%) men report having had a recent sexual problem, but only one in ten say they are worried or distressed about their sex…

Interim results from the Guinean phase III trial of the Ebola vaccine known as VSV-EBOV, co-funded by the Wellcome Trust, indicate that it is highly effective against the…

Insights into how the brain compensates for temporary hearing loss during infancy, such as that commonly experienced by children with glue ear, have been revealed in a…

Genetic variants in a region of the genome linked to our immune response have been linked to an increased risk of podoconiosis, a disfiguring and disabling leg swelling…