Promising late-stage trial results lift US pharmaceutical group’s shares almost 15%
Move comes as government seeks to boost UK’s standing as drugs research leader
Research breakthrough promises new treatments for severe pain
Healthcare workers and officials say falsehoods and conspiracy theories cost lives and are exacerbating inequalities
Other countries have a chance to attract US talent driven out by Trump’s policies
The multimillionaire wants to create a religion, a sovereign fund and a nation state by preaching his Don’t Die philosophy
Peter Marks says ‘truth and transparency are not desired’ by health secretary as measles outbreak spreads
Lack of incentives is driving down the number of clinical researchers in Britain
Machine makes 3D scans of the digestive system, which could improve early diagnosis for the second-deadliest cancer
Once researchers begin wondering whether their government might pull the rug from under them, the damage is done
Authorities play down risks to livestock but urge precautions to avoid mass outbreaks seen in US
New artificial intelligence learns from real-world experience rather than pre-existing data
The railway worker who found his mission and saved the lives of more than 2mn babies
Digital technologies are helping to guide early clinical interventions and assessments of treatment
UK initiative to harness big biological data sets and look deeper into how the human body works and malfunctions
Mental health treatments face higher regulatory hurdles for approval, warns Imperial College professor
The answer still puzzles scientists, but there are some clues of what might be behind the gender gap in life expectancy
As traditional parties decline, vaccine scepticism has become one of the anti-establishment forces filling the vacuum
Study challenges notion of sleeplessness epidemic but says technology disrupts biological rhythms
Advanced early warning systems boost ability to flag higher likelihood of health threats
Advisory group was set to weigh in on nearly a dozen jabs in a meeting later this month
Research highlights how lifestyle and living conditions can substantially increase risk of early death and disease
The gap between avian and mammalian cognition may be narrower than we think
AAAS chief says more disruption threatens to undermine crucial healthcare and research, ahead of next month’s fiscal bill
Research highlights growing focus on surrounding tissues to help tackle most malignant forms of the disease
