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More than 70,000 staff members from 150 universities are set to strike later this month, marking five consecutive years of academic protests in the country.

King Charles III has a long history of promoting homeopathic or alternative medical treatments not supported by scientific evidence.

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency’s investigation comes after a study showed prenatal exposure to topiramate roughly triples a child’s likelihood of having autism or intellectual disability.

Height and onset of menarche are among traits linked to previously unidentified genetic variants in noncoding regions of the human genome.

Two independent groups suggest the suite of recent unexplained hepatitis cases may stem from coinfection with an adeno-associated virus and a helper adeno- or herpesvirus, a duo which may be especially virulent in children with a particular genetic variant.

More than 100 grants previously approved for applicants in Britain have been scrapped amid a continuing dispute over the UK’s refusal to fully implement trade arrangements made when the country left the European Union.

People who were vaccinated at least six months prior to infection had the lowest risk of lasting symptoms in a UK study.

Experts are scrambling to understand clusters of the normally rare disease that have been reported in Europe and North America in the last month.

Researchfish is a platform commonly used to track the status of grants and the impacts of research. When academics were critical of the company online, Researchfish shared these comments with the largest funding agency in the UK, and the scientists’ comments were sometimes shared with their employers.

Officials have ruled out known hepatitis viruses as the cause of a rash of illnesses in Europe and the US.

Scientists warn that climate change–induced early flowering could have negative effects on wildlife, agriculture, and gardening.

In a statement issued by UK Research and Innovation, stem cell biologist Fiona Watt said she was devastated to learn of the impact of her actions and behavior on colleagues.

Warmer temperatures are likely to increase the prevalence of the mosquito-borne disease in many places, but not all.

The European Medicines Agency emphasizes that the benefits of the jab in protecting against COVID-19 still far outweigh the risks.

The program, known as ARIA, will be independent and scientist-led.

B.1.525 shares a mutation with the B.1.351 variant first detected in South Africa that seems to allow the virus to dodge the immune system.

In addition to being more transmissible, the variant now dominant in the UK may be about 30 percent more deadly than previous strains, but much uncertainty remains.

A large study of UK healthcare workers finds that immunity after coronavirus infection lasts for months, but those with antibodies may still be able to carry and spread the virus upon reexposure.

Variant B.1.1.7, though likely more contagious than other strains, does not appear to be more deadly.