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A virtual reality plant breeding game won $150,000 yesterday evening when judges led by Susan Calman chose Seed by All Seeing Eye to win Developing Beyond, a $500,000 year-…

The rest of the world can learn from Puerto Rican communities rallying together to recover from a natural disaster fuelled by climate change.

Researchers have identified a new virus in patients with severe brain infections in Vietnam. Further research is needed to determine whether the virus is responsible for the…

We ran a consultation to hear researchers’ views on the challenges and opportunities in clinical trial data sharing.

A new suite of malaria maps has revealed the current global pattern of the disease in unprecedented detail, allowing researchers to see how malaria has changed over several…

Following the success of its recent exhibitions, which have looked at mental health and at identity, Wellcome Collection returns to the subject of the human body for its…

A new transformative point-of-care diagnostic which gives rapid results for the detection of HIV genetic material is being rolled out across Africa.

A new report published today identifies options through which funders can help ensure that the rapidly growing open access market delivers high-quality services and value for…

Leading global health bodies including academic journals, NGOs, research funders and institutes, have committed to sharing data and results relevant to the current Zika…

As the climate crisis intensifies, it shrinks and contaminates the water we rely on. We need to act now to reduce the existing and emerging threat that this poses to our…

Wellcome Photography Prize, a new international photography prize celebrating compelling imagery that captures stories of health, medicine and science launches today.

We've joined other global health bodies to call for all research data gathered during the Zika virus outbreak, and future public health emergencies, to be made available as…

Deenan Pillay, Professor of Virology at UCL (University College London), is today named as the new Director of the Africa Centre for Health and Population Studies, one of the…

Today, Wellcome announces an ambitious new £80 million programme to transform the way snakebite treatments are researched and delivered, to make them better, safer and more…

The licensing of the first Ebola vaccine is a great achievement for the global healthcare community. What made it possible, and what lessons can we use to prevent and control…

Twelve of the brightest newly qualified researchers have been awarded Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellowships. The awards provide £250 000 over four years so that…

Information about the shortlisted entries for the Wellcome Photography Prize 2019

Evidence that the most deadly species of malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, is becoming resistant to the frontline treatment for malaria on the border of Thailand and…