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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-…

A video highlighting the 'co-benefits' of measures to reduce geenhouse gas emissions.

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…

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…

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.

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…

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?  

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.

Critics warned against the UK policy of leaving a longer gap between doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines. Now we have more data, what…

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…

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…

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.

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

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

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…

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