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With funding from Wellcome and the Chan Zuckerberg Institute, the ABI aims to support and develop sustainable genomics and wider bioinformatics research in Africa.

Professor Rachel McKendry has been appointed as Executive Director of Discovery, Professor Charlotte Watts the Executive Director of Solutions, and Maggy Chan as Wellcome’s…

As world braces for El Niño – can science help to limit the catastrophic health effects of soaring global temperatures?

Artificial intelligence (AI) has the power to reshape science and health. Three experts share the potential benefits and pitfalls of AI in health research.

An ambitious international project is attempting to create a 'Google map' of the human body by making three-dimensional maps of every human cell. It could…

Wellcome announce funding for 11 transdisciplinary teams across 17 countries to investigate the health impacts of climate change

Miracles & Charms, Wellcome Collection’s autumn exhibition programme, opens today, exploring the extraordinary in the everyday with a pair of shows. Drawing lines between…

Wellcome – the global charitable foundation funding curiosity-driven science and research to solve urgent health challenges – is announcing three new members of its Executive…

Dr John-Arne Røttingen, a medical scientist, public health official, diplomat and research administrator, will take up the post in January 2024.

Wellcome is an independent charitable foundation. Our work is funded from an investment portfolio that currently stands at £37.8 billion. 

A team of UK scientists will begin work to scale up efforts to create a Human Cell Atlas, after the first injection of funding for generating data from human cells is…

The latest instalment of Contagious Cities explores Hong Kong’s experience of pandemics and the cultural and social impacts of disease on its community.

Researchers at three institutions in the US and UK receive grants to advance studies of repurposed drugs and novel antibodies in preventing COVID-19.

Indigenous communities have been using ‘cultural burning’ for centuries. Dr Nicole Redvers explores how this traditional practice could help us rethink fire management.

A new review to address the growing global problem of drug-resistant infections, hosted and funded by the Wellcome Trust, has been commissioned by the Prime Minister.

Climate change is making the planet hotter. We’ve awarded £17.5 million to research teams around the world who are investigating ways we can adapt.

The Wellcome Photography Prize 2025 commissioned 17 young people from Khayelitsha, Western Cape, South Africa empowering them to explore health and wellbeing in their…

In the war against malaria, one small corner of the globe has repeatedly turned the tide, rendering our best weapons moot and medicine on the brink of defeat. Ed Yong reports.