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Fragen und Themen rund um die COVID-19-Impfstoffe, einfach erklärt: Wie funktionieren die Impfstoffe? Warum …

Over the last 100 years, tuberculosis research has saved millions of lives but it has failed to curb the epidemic. While some recent scientific developments are promising,…

People with epilepsy are ten times more likely to die before their mid-50s than the general population, according to a 41-year study in Sweden published today in the ‘Lancet…

Wellcome’s Director of Science Jim Smith pays tribute to Professor Bongani Mayosi, a world-renowned scientist.

Jeremy Farrar, Wellcome's Director, pays tribute to Dr Peter Salama, an Executive Director at the WHO who was instrumental in leading efforts to tackle Ebola.

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.

Sir Roger was Chairman of Wellcome from 1989 to 1999 and laid the foundations for what Wellcome has become today

A doctor and scientist of great compassion and intellect, Sir David Weatherall died on 8 December 2018. He was a member of Wellcome’s Board throughout the 1990s, helping to…

They are with us from the beginning and eat us when we die. Insects will always be a part of our lives, and a major new season at Wellcome Collection explores the complex and…

The Wellcome Photography Prize 2021 commissioned three photographers from three different countries to explore the dangers our heating planet has on our physical health.

Children suffering from severe malaria stand a far better chance of survival if they are given an immediate infusion of the blood by-product, albumin, new research has shown.

Wellcome Collection opens late on Friday 2 November for Seize the Day, an evening you will live to remember. Experience a brush with death and explore what death might have…

Providing clean delivery kits and improving birthing practices could halve the number of neonatal deaths following home births in South Asia, according to research funded by…

This summer, Wellcome Collection and the Museum of London are collaborating to unearth the stories behind bones from burial grounds across the UK.

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…

A rise in antimicrobial resistance is causing the spread of drug-resistant infections. These infections are harder (if not impossible) to treat, and cause over a million…

A distinctive genetic 'signature' found in the blood of children with tuberculosis (TB) offers new hope for improved diagnosis of the disease.

Results from a long-term phase II study of the malaria vaccine RTS,S show that its efficacy falls over time. This decline is fastest in children living in areas with higher…

Land Body Ecologies research group are the new residents of the Hub at Wellcome Collection. Over the next two years, their project will explore the relationship between…