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A medical staff member disinfects medical equipment in a ward

Opinion | 18 March 2020

Urgent investment needed for diagnostics, treatments and vaccines to end the COVID-19 pandemic by Alex Harris

Now is not the time to make cautious investments: now is the time for courageous action to tackle COVID-19.

A swab test for coronavirus.

News | 31 March 2020

Wellcome joins the UK government, industry and universities in a step-change to COVID-19 testing

Wellcome is supporting a step-change in COVID-19 testing by the UK government. Partners include the NHS, Public Health England, diagnostics companies Thermo Fisher Scientific, QIAGEN and Randox, UK universities, Boots, Royal Mail and Amazon.

A pharmacy employee wearing a protective mask shows a box of Plaquenil (Chloroquine).

Opinion | 30 March 2020

Can chloroquine prevent coronavirus disease? Only research will give us the answer by Nick Cammack

The COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator is funding clinical trials that will answer whether the anti-malarial drugs hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine can be used to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

graphic saying we must act urgently to tackle COVID-19.

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Three potential coronavirus vaccines in a tray

Opinion | 27 March 2020

A new way of developing vaccines for COVID-19 could help the world to prepare for future outbreaks by Charlie Weller

Six Heart n Soul co-researchers

Opinion | 17 March 2020

Heart n Soul at The Hub: how we’re working to create a creative and inclusive culture by Dorota Chapko

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News | 13 March 2020

Wellcome Trust and Wellcome Collection: planned building closure

Simon Chaplin

News | 12 March 2020

Simon Chaplin to step down as Director of Culture and Society at Wellcome

A female researcher in a laboratory

News | 9 March 2020

Wellcome pledges up to $50 million to new initiative to speed development of COVID-19 treatments

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Frontline NHS staff will be the first to receive new COVID-19 tests

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UK pledges £210 million to find a vaccine against coronavirus

Newsweek

Jeremy Farrar: "The moment is now. We can't afford to lose any more time"

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