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UK becomes the first country to approve CRISPR gene therapy treatment for two inherited blood disorders.

The UK public is complacent when it comes to personal action on climate change and, without intervention, meaningful changes to lifestyles and consumption behaviours will not happen, according to new research by the University of Southampton.

A study of over 12,000 people in the US, comparing Baby Boomers and Millennials, raises concerns about Millennials' diverging financial gains.

The UK soft drinks industry levy, which was introduced in 2018, may have reduced the number of under 18s having a tooth removed due to tooth decay by 12%, finds a new study co-authored by a UCL researcher. The research, published in BMJ Nutrition, Prevention & Health , found that the largest reductions were in children aged up to nine years old and estimated that more than 5,500 hospital admissions for tooth extraction may have been prevented each year.

The number of people rough sleeping following release from prison has more than trebled in Wales, new figures from Cardiff University's Wales Governance Centre show.

The Eve Appeal/North West Cancer Research Fellowship invest in next generation of gynaecological cancer researchers The Eve Appeal, together with North West Cancer Research, will be awarding a three

Were lockdowns an effective response to Covid-19 or would it have been better to limit intervention and let individuals spontaneously reduce their own risk of infection?  Three years on from the publ

On November 6, Workplace Health officially reopened in its new office space in Bidborough House, close to UCL's Bloomsbury campus.

The UK soft drinks industry levy introduced in 2018 may have saved more than 5,500 hospital admissions for tooth extractions, according to an analysis by researchers at the University of Cambridge.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, genomic surveillance proved vital in helping understand the evolution and spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Now, an international group of researchers is calling for its potential to be harnessed to tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR), a major global challenge that could ultimately result in many more deaths than the coronavirus pandemic.

Significant warming could still occur after the world reaches net-zero carbon emissions, warn the authors of a new study. The study, led by Imperial College London and University of Exeter researchers, suggests that high uncertainty in how the climate system will continue to react to global warming even after emissions are reduced means urgent action is imperative.

Extreme fluctuations between drought and flooding are devastating communities at greatest risk of climate change impacts, new research reveals A 'whiplash' of extreme climate pressures has had a devastating effect on communities around the world since the turn of the century, new research has found.

A global programme that aims to modify mosquitoes so they are unable to transmit malaria has received a grant to fund its next phase of expansion.

A University of Glasgow led exhibition that shares research findings on experiences of dying at home for people facing financial hardship and deprivation in Scotland is on display to MSPs at the Scottish Parliament.

PortWatch is an online platform designed to monitor and simulate disruptions to maritime trade due to climate extremes and other shocks.

The University of Glasgow's Professor Mike Lean, along with his long-time collaborator Professor Roy Taylor from Newcastle University, have been awarded the 2024 Rank Prize for Nutrition for transform

New research by the University of Southampton will investigate what allows some reef corals to thrive in exceptionally warm ocean waters, while others perish. Scientists from the University's Coral Reef Laboratory want to identify the mechanisms that allow corals in certain regions of the planet to survive at temperatures that are much warmer than those in the creatures' typical habitats.

An AI tool that can predict 10-year risk of deadly heart attacks, could transform treatment for patients who undergo CT scans to investigate chest pain, according to British Heart Foundation-funded research presented today at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions in Philadelphia.