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Picture showing a 19-year-old man who is on the autistic spectrum lying on a bed playing with a piece of string. The handwritten text underneath the photograph reads I feel relaxed when I play with string

News | 3 July 2019

Prizewinning photos give eye-opening perspectives on health

The Wellcome Photography Prize 2019 overall winner is Erin Lefevre for her picture of her young brother, who lives with autism.

Illustration showing lightbulb 'idea' and UK currency pound symbol

News | 18 July 2019

New funding to boost global research capacity in humanities and social science

Women working at the Sanitary Pad Unit on the Amgoorie Tea Estate in Assam

News | 19 June 2019

World survey reveals people trust experts but want to know more about science

Image saying 'We can outsmart epidemics'

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DAZL Diamonds Cheerleading Squad practice at the William Gascoigne Centre in Leeds during a session organised by Dance Action Zone Leeds (DAZL) who work with young people to improve their health through dance.

Opinion | 11 July 2019

Public health funding: a new approach to address conditions like obesity and cancer by Sophie Hawkesworth

plane with contrails

Opinion | 5 July 2019

Climate change: can we avoid flying? by Howie Frumkin

A medical worker takes an image of a patient's eye at the Tun Hussein Onn National Eye Hospital.

Opinion | 28 June 2019

New programme to explore how innovation in health data can benefit everyone by James Thomas

Illustration of a magnifying glass over a person speaking to another person

Opinion | 27 June 2019

How we want to work with organisations to handle bullying and harassment investigations by Anne Taylor

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WHO declares Ebola epidemic in DRC an international emergency

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Response to Ebola in Congo is "overstretched and underfunded"

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WHO says Ebola case in Goma could be 'gamechanger' in this epidemic

The Guardian

Wellcome Global Monitor identifies crisis of vaccine confidence in Europe

The Washington Post

Antibiotic crisis is scary but we're not helpless (paywall)

STAT

Candida auris is a threat, but few are willing to fund research to stop it

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