How can the world adapt to Covid-19 in the long term?
Covid-19 is here to stay. However, with careful management we can prevent future outbreaks and move from pandemic to endemic. But what does…
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Childhood immunisation is recovering, but there’s a long way to go
20.5 million children hadn’t received essential vaccinations in 2022, according to the latest data from the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF. While that marks…
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Charlie Weller
Historic Arabic medical manuscripts go online
Researchers may now search and browse the Wellcome Library’s Arabic manuscripts using groundbreaking functionalities in a new online resource that brings together rich…
Free online access to nearly 200 years of medical research
Complete back issues covering nearly 200 years of historically significant biomedical journals are being made freely available online as a result of a Wellcome Trust project.
Creating a publicly-led research agenda for Long Covid
A research agenda outlining priorities to inform the direction of future research on Long Covid.
Mental health research lacks focus – but this online resource wants to change that
How can we speed up the search for better mental health treatments? GALENOS is an online resource that aims to do just that by building a more focused mental health field.…
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Simge Eva Dogan
Jisc and Wellcome Library partnership to create comprehensive online resource for the history of medicine
The Wellcome Library and Jisc have strengthened their successful working relationship by signing a new three-year agreement that will enable the digitisation of more than 10…
Wellcome Library and NLM establish agreement to make 150 years of biomedical journals freely available online
Representatives of the US National Library of Medicine (NLM), a component of the National Institutes of Health, and the Wellcome Library have signed a memorandum of…
How can we better reward teamwork in research?
For a long time, academia has emphasised individual achievement over teamwork and collegiality. We want to change that.
Wellcome responds to Met Office report warning of rising temperatures in UK
Alan Dangour, Director of Climate and Health at Wellcome, responds to Met Office report warning of 45 degree heat in UK and month long heatwaves
Wellcome Collection unveils immersive digital story 'Mindcraft: A century of madness, murder and mental healing'
Wellcome Collection’s first digital story, ‘Mindcraft: A century of madness, murder and mental healing’, publishes online today.
International trial finds polypill halves predicted heart disease and stroke risk
The world’s first international polypill trial has shown that a four-in-one combination pill can halve the predicted risk of heart disease and stroke. The results are…
Public need to know how patient records are used, including by commercial organisations
The most in-depth research ever into what the public think about patient records being used by commercial organisations has revealed that the majority are in favour as long…
Largest survey into research culture reveals high levels of stress and insecurity
Wellcome Trust survey on research culture in the UK and globally exposes the stark pressures faced by many who work in research.
Global burden of dengue is triple current estimates
The global burden of dengue infection is more than triple current estimates from the World Health Organization, according to a multinational study published online in the…
Bedlam: the asylum and beyond
Bedlam has long been a byword for chaos. Now a major exhibition at Wellcome Collection opens the doors to the historic asylum from which it derives. Through the lens of the…
Treating insomnia may reduce mental health problems
Treating insomnia with online cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) could reduce mental health problems such as anxiety, depression, and paranoia, according to a large…
The vaccine journey: from idea to immunisation
Researchers may well identify a safe, effective vaccine for COVID-19 before too long, but all that fantastic work could count for nothing unless we also invest in the next…
European Bioinformatics Institute to lead UK PubMed Central
The European Molecular Biology Laboratory’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) has been awarded the contract to run and lead the development of UK PubMed Central (…