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Study uses digital avatars to help people who hear voices

Often in psychosis, as in other conditions, the voices people hear can be abusive or bullying and affect people’s day-to-day life.

The Independent UK

New schizophrenia drug ‘could change the lives of millions of people’

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved Cobenfy, which is owned by pharmaceutical firm Bristol Myers Squibb.

The Independent UK

Drug-resistant infections are on the rise – so why aren’t we getting any new antibiotics?

World leaders will meet in New York this month to discuss growing antimicrobial resistance as researchers warn the development of replacement drugs is stalling

The Guardian - UK

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From gnarled hands to murder: the show exposing the world’s worst workplaces

Hard Graft, an unsparing new exhibition at the Wellcome Collection, showcases artworks that respond to employee exploitation, from the ruined hands of a washerwoman to the lung-damaged workers of Death Alley

The Guardian - UK

Can humanity address climate change without believing it? Medical history suggests it is possible

Strange as it may seem, early germ theorists could tell us a lot about today’s attitudes toward climate change.

The Conversation

Heart attack considerably raises risk of other health issues

A heart attack dramatically increases the risk of having other dangerous long-term health disorders. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Artificial wombs could someday be a reality – here's how they may change our notions of parenthood

Our reproductive lives are considerably different from those of our ancestors, thanks in part to health innovations that have taken place over the past few decades. Practices such as IVF, donor eggs and sperm, womb transplants, surrogacy and egg freezing, mean that for many, there’s now more choice than ever…

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‘Gamechanging’ TB vaccine within reach after $500m pledge to run final trials

Joint deal between Gates Foundation and Wellcome to develop M72 jab could save 8.5 million lives and prevent 76 million cases

The Guardian - UK

New vaccine for killer illness is backed by UK charity amid fears of disease resurgence

Wellcome charity and Microsoft founder Bill Gates join forces to help co-fund final clinical trials of the most promising TB vaccine candidate in a century

Daily Mirror

An exhibition about milk’s complicated history has me rethinking my morning cuppa

The Wellcome Collection’s show has art and history, biology and ecology, public health, politics – and the dangers of ice-cream

The Guardian - UK

Program launched to train 1 million Indians in climate and health data work

A $2.3 million grant from U.K.-based charity Wellcome is funding a data skilling program run by data.org to launch the India Data Capacity Accelerator, which envisions one million Indians trained in using data

The Hindu

‘There may still be surprises’: Jeremy Farrar warns of pandemic perils ahead

As the former Sage adviser leaves Wellcome to join WHO, he talks about exhausted health workers, the UK’s sluggish response to Covid and the danger of conspiracy theories

The Guardian - UK

Scientists to investigate whether CBD can treat psychosis

CBD is currently only prescribed on the NHS for a few conditions

The Independent UK

Oxford study to trial cannabis-based medicine as treatment for psychosis

CBD is currently only prescribed for a small number of conditions such as rare, severe epilepsy

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Wales Online

Use of cannabis chemical as psychosis treatment being investigated

CBD is currently only prescribed by the NHS for a few conditions such as epilepsy

The Independent UK

New study to track respiratory viruses

Experts suggest the data will lead to a better understanding of common diseases present in the UK.

The Guardian - UK

This obscure portrait gave me goosebumps – but I never expected a bidding war

My film about Audrey Amiss was done. Now I had a chance to own a piece of her work, says film-maker Carol Morley

The Guardian - UK

Wellcome Trust sells stakes in large oil and mining companies

One of UK’s biggest funders of scientific research will no longer profit from businesses such as BP and Shell

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Benzinga

Novartis Announces $250M In R&D Funding For Neglected Tropical Diseases, Malaria

Novartis AG (NYSE:NVS) is pledging $250 million into R&D for new treatments of neglected tropical diseases (NTD) and malaria, with an aim to eliminate these diseases. "Over the past decade, great progress has been made against NTDs, but there is still a lot more work to be done," CEO Vas Narasimhan said. Novartis…

The Independent UK

UK’s monkeypox response is worthy of praise, says expert

The UK Health Security Agency will release updated figures on the situation in the UK on Monday, with 20 cases recorded to date.

Evening Standard

Gates, Wellcome boost investment to speed up vaccines against the next viral threat

The two global health charities have pledged $150 millon each to CEPI, which aims to cut the time needed to develop a vaccine against a new virus to just 100 days.

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