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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.

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

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.

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

The significance of the variant remains unclear, but experts remain confident that it will not evade the protection offered by a COVID-19 vaccine.

The World Health Organization warns that a lack of data on how many people have the disease could undermine containment and mitigation efforts in many countries.

The 2020 budget includes a 15 percent increase in public funding for research and development next year, but some scientists want more details on where the money will go.

Last month, 10 UK universities became part of the UK Reproducibility Network, joining researchers, funders, journal publishers, and regulatory agencies.

Higher ed professionals from EU and non-EU countries are departing for jobs elsewhere, perhaps reflecting uncertainty over funding availability.

Staff at the UK’s Harwell Institute were notified that a strategy board recommended halting its academic work, but a final decision is months away.

Public health care will take a hit however Britain leaves the European Union, but a no-deal exit will cause the most harm, a new analysis shows.

As Britain’s departure date from the European Union approaches, drugmakers are preparing for potential changes to regulatory procedures and border controls.

Patients will be able to access the drug with a prescription, and there are no plans to allow for recreational use.

A report recommends the creation of a national committee to oversee universities’ handling of misconduct investigations.

Numbers of the wildcat, greater mouse-eared bat, and black rat have critically fallen in the U.K.  

The increase is associated with travel to Europe, where large outbreaks are occurring.

In a survey of more than 1,000 current and former students, 41 percent indicate experiences with faculty and other employees ranging from sexualized comments to rape.

Alzheimer’s researcher John Hardy calls the departure “an unmitigated disaster” for science and healthcare in Britain.

More than 40,000 research staff and lecturers are expected to walk out in 14 days of protests.