March 11, 2026

Plans to speed up access to new healthcare devices by aligning regulation with the European Union and ‘comparable’ countries will be open to stakeholder consultation until early next month.

Covid-19, Health/Diagnostics, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Policy

February 14, 2026

More than one in 10 deaths from a number of infectious diseases are associated with obesity worldwide, states a new study.

Covid-19, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Policy

January 18, 2026

A joint British-Canadian initiative for infectious disease vaccines will be the first commercial project to be carried out in the new Liverpool Robotic Infection Research Laboratory.

Covid-19, Health, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Policy, Virology

January 8, 2026

Phesi’s annual report on the world’s clinical trials has revealed that breast cancer has maintained its position as the most studied disease for the fifth year in succession.

Chemistry, Life Sciences

Covid-19, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Oncology, Pharmaceutical

October 6, 2025

One of the UK’s largest public-private initiatives for antimicrobial drug and diagnostic development is inviting participants for its third funding round, in aid of global health.

Chemistry, Life Sciences

Covid-19, Health, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical/Health, Pharmaceutical, Policy

September 15, 2025

Effective monitoring is essential for sample storage and never more so than in the race to halt a pandemic. Gary Bradshaw recalls how improved alarming contributed to the protection of...

Chemistry, Life Sciences

Biology, Chemistry, Comment And Analysis, Covid-19, Health & Safety, Medical/Health, Pathology, Pharmaceutical, Policy

September 13, 2025

Britain’s place as a global leader in the pharmaceutical and life sciences sectors has plunged in recent years, suggests a new industry report.

Chemistry, Life Sciences

Covid-19, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Life Sciences, Medical/Health, Pharma, Pharmaceutical, Policy

August 14, 2025

Generative AI has enabled the creation of novel antibiotics capable of killing two highly drug resistant infections.

Chemistry, Life Sciences

Covid-19, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Health, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical/Health, Molecular Biology, Pharmaceutical, Policy

August 5, 2025

US health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr has announced his department will terminate 22 government contracts for mRNA vaccines.

Chemistry, Life Sciences

Covid-19, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Molecular Biology, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology, Policy

June 28, 2025

Global warming is enhancing the presence of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in soil microbes, warns a new report.

Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences

Covid-19, Earth & Environmental, Environment, Environmental, Health, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical/Health, Microbiology, Pathology, Policy, Soil Science