Category: Health

People are living longer than ever around the world. Longer lives bring new opportunities, but they also introduce challenges, especially the risk of age-related decline. Alongside physical changes such as reduced strength or slower movement, many older adults struggle with memory, attention and everyday tasks. Researchers have spent years trying to understand why some people […]

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) hosted the Innovation for Growth summit at the Science Museum today, bringing together 330 leading researchers, innovators, and business leaders from across the UK and beyond. The event included speeches by Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) Secretary of State, Liz Kendall and UKRI Chief Executive Professor Sir Ian […]

Arthur Conan Doyle was not just one of the world’s best crime fiction writers. He was a progressive wordsmith who brought light to controversial and taboo subjects. One of those taboo subjects was male vulnerability and mental health problems – a topic of personal significance to the author. Doyle was a vulnerable child. His father, […]

Today – amid a fragile ceasefire and the devastation of her homeland – she stands on the football pitch not only as a player, but as a symbol of resilience and hope. To Farah, football is more than just a game – it is a fresh beginning, a way to reclaim her identity, and a […]

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) hosted the Innovation for Growth summit at the Science Museum today, bringing together 330 leading researchers, innovators, and business leaders from across the UK and beyond. The event included speeches by Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) Secretary of State, Liz Kendall and UKRI Chief Executive Professor Sir Ian […]

Around 5 million people worldwide live with the autoimmune condition lupus. This condition can cause a range of symptoms, including tiredness, fever, joint pain and a characteristic butterfly-shaped rash across the cheeks and nose. For some people, these symptoms are mild and only flare-up occassionally. But for others, the disease is more severe – with […]

Under the agreement, the price of the R21/Matrix-M vaccine will fall to $2.99 per dose within a year – a reduction expected to save up to $90 million. Those savings should allow countries to secure more than 30 million extra doses over the next five years. “Today’s announcement is a powerful example of what our […]

We’re funding up to an additional £8.5 million to expand our ‘early independence’ Career Development Award (CDA) and Clinical Scientist Fellowship (CSF) schemes. This will make it easier for international researchers to build independent careers in the UK. MRC fellowships Fellows are central to the UK’s research ecosystem; they bring fresh ideas and drive curiosity-led […]

If the NHS recommended it, would people test their own hearing at home and use self-fitting hearing aids? A survey of over 2,000 adults found that nine in every ten said yes, they’d be willing to test their own hearing. Most also said they’d try a hearing aid sent by the NHS – either ready […]