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The CNC’s Occupational Health, Safety and Wellbeing (OHSW) team have launched a six-month lifestyle support programme to help staff to improve their health.…
Hundreds of thousands of filers submitted their Self Assessment tax return for the 2025 to 2026 tax year between 6 and 12 April.
Opportunities for scientific experts to join the government and put science advice at the heart of decision making.
The 12 winning projects will provide more people with healthier and sustainable active travel options across England.
People with chronic fatigue syndrome, also known as ME, to benefit from world-first genomics study.
A new National Centre for Environmental Horticulture and Plant Health will help to protect the UK’s 23 million gardens
Updated safety advice has been issued to strengthen warnings about potential psychiatric and sexual dysfunction linked to finasteride and to provide precautionary advice on dutasteride.
To future-proof the sector and ensure regulation keeps up with scientific and technological developments, the MHRA is consulting on proposed changes to how gene therapies are defined in UK legislation.
Kate Gibson named as new Deputy Chair; Rachel Danemann confirmed as new member; and Professor Lynn Dicks reappointed
An Army specialist team has parachuted onto Tristan da Cunha to deliver critical medical support after it was confirmed that one British national on the island was suspected of contracting Hantavirus.
The MHRA continues to speed up access to medicines for patients, increase efficiency of regulation and help to attract innovation and investment in the UK’s thriving £100 billion life sciences industry.
The UK Government stands with the people of Solomon Islands following the devastation caused by Tropical Cyclone Maila.
Infected Blood Compensation Authority's update that was circulated on 07 May, 2026
MHRA approves donidalorsen (Dawnzera) for the treatment of hereditary angioedema
Statement by the UK's Human Rights Ambassador, Eleanor Sanders, at Belgium's Universal Periodic Review at the Human Rights Council in Geneva.
Science Secretary Liz Kendall has named Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz as her preferred candidate for Chair of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).
MHRA and UK Border Force crack down on the illegal medicines trade in intensive 14-day international operation.
A statement from the Foreign Secretary on the Hantavirus outbreak
UK Statement at Paraguay's Universal Periodic Review at the Human Rights Council in Geneva.
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