Extremely high levels of E.coli resistant to essential antibiotics for treating serious human E. coli infections on British supermarket chicken and pork found by a new...
On Tuesday, we reported on a study from Public Health England (PHE) that found GPs prescribed almost 40% more antibiotics for coughs and colds in 2011...
The West African Ebola epidemic has continued to defy attempts to control its deadly spread, with one US medical official returning home for treatment after contracting...
The UK has announced its ambitions to become a world leader in the field of medical DNA research, with a series of investments worth £300 million....
Liberal Democrat MP Norman Baker, who is in charge of regulating animal experiments in the UK, has announced the practice will be finally phased out, but...
A new strain of malaria, resistant to drug treatments, has already spread through south-east Asia and has now reached the Cambodia-Thailand border, causing panic at the...
Science has warned of many grim potential impacts of climate change, from the loss of islands to the sea to the spread of disease. Now, scientists...
The result of the public vote for the Longitude Prize 2014 has been announced, with the British public selecting the rise of resistance to antibiotics as...
Tom Revell looks at a new firm hoping to make waves in the global pharmaceuticals world. The pharmaceuticals sector is a colossal industry of astronomical profits and...
London-based financial services firm Legal & General is supporting an annual awareness month that is urging Britons to improve their understanding of the dangers of mini-strokes. ...
The sustainable bank Triodos has partnered with natural insect repellent manufacturer Incognito for an Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) offer that could deliver healthy returns, offer tax...
As we celebrate another day of consuming far more than the Earth can sustainably provide, it’s worth sparing a thought to the origin of that word:...
Nine leading pharmaceutical companies are calling for a reform of NHS drug approval processes, saying that the current system does not attract sufficient investment and is...
An unnamed eight-year-old girl has become the youngest person in China to be diagnosed with lung cancer, with her doctor saying that air pollution is to...
British drug company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has come under fire over allegations of bribery in China. But investors still trust the company, which remains a popular choice...