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Only 40% of Americans Have Strong Confidence in Hospitals and Clinics While 52% Trust Science a Lot

New Wellcome data show Americans trust science more than most nations but doubt hospitals. What patients say drives the gap and what can help.

Medical Daily · Oct 14

How the emboldened Pacific Islands are battling fiercely for climate justice

IN FOCUS: After an internationally-binding court ruling in July 2025, small island nations at a pre-COP summit in Fiji are now demanding legal accountability for the climate crisis. Alex Croft in Fiji reports

The Independent UK · Oct 7

Trump making climate progress ‘more difficult’, warns former Australian PM

Exclusive: Former Australian prime minister Julia Gillard said climate action must not be ignored or postponed, despite internal and external pressure for countries to ditch climate commitments

The Independent UK · Oct 6

A Mouse Study Suggests Inherited Genes Help Decide Whether DNA Damage Becomes Cancer

In mice, four genetic backgrounds given identical DNA damage developed tumors that evolved differently, suggesting inherited genes shape cancer paths.

Medical Daily · Jul 29

This contrasting scene of a countryside picnic on an urban rooftop won a major photography award – and now it’s your chance

Photographer Mithail Afrige Chowdhury won £10,000 from the 2025 Wellcome Photography Prize for capturing human resilience among urban expansion – and now you can enter the 2027 awards

Digital Camera World · Jul 14

Dame Bridget Ogilvie obituary

Parasitologist and director of the Wellcome Trust who oversaw the launch of the UK’s flagship genome sequencing centre

The Guardian - UK · May 11

Expecting: Birth, Belief and Protection – new exhibition shows pregnancy has always been shaped by faith and fear

Expecting: Birth, Belief and Protection at London’s Wellcome Collection is a small but quietly powerful exhibition. Spanning five centuries, it explores how the experience of bringing life into the world has been shaped as much by hope and uncertainty as by medicine. Medieval objects sit alongside contemporary artworks, revealing how…

The Conversation · Feb 25

Popular online puzzle game can help reduce PTSD symptoms

Researchers found that some people who engaged with the puzzle game as part of PTSD treatment experienced a significant reduction in flashbacks

The Independent UK · Feb 18

Playing Tetris can help tackle memories of trauma, trial finds

A group was asked to play a slow version of the classic game while briefly recalling a traumatic memory.

The Independent UK · Feb 18

45 Pics From This Facial Expressions Experiment In The 19th Century Might Give You Nightmares

What do our faces look like when stimulated by electricity?

Bored Panda · Sep 3, 2025