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£45m in GSK funding has been allocated to new research programmes combining expertise and using cutting edge AI technology to accelerate AMR research.

Baroness Merron, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Women's Health and Mental Health, made the visit to mark Baby Loss Awareness Week.

Poor health, particularly respiratory conditions, is linked to a higher proportion of votes for Reform UK in England.

A landmark report shows mortality from chronic diseases fell in the decade preceding the COVID-19 pandemic (2010-2019), but progress has slowed.

Researchers have developed an AI tool that can help doctors predict who might develop a potentially fatal heart condition, just from an ECG.

The findings of a new brain study could change the way doctors treat mood disorders involving psychosis in patients. The brain imaging study found that changes in brain dopamine are linked to  symptoms of psychosis, no matter whether a person has been diagnosed with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or major depression.

A national survey of obstetricians and gynaecologists has revealed high levels of burnout in the sector since the COVID-19 pandemic. Burnout, recognised by the World Health Organisation as a syndrome resulting from chronic workplace stress, is characterised by feelings of energy depletion or exhaustion; increased mental distance or negativism about one's job; and reduced professional effectiveness.

An AI algorithm could help to predict which patients might develop significant heart problems years in advance, just based on ECG readings.

Children from ethnic minority backgrounds and those in more impoverished areas have a higher likelihood of dying in intensive care. Researchers analysed 14 years of UK-wide data on more than 160,000 critically ill children and found that children of Asian, Multiple and other ethnicities were more likely to die in intensive care than White children.

The largest review of 'gold standard' antidepressant withdrawal studies to date has identified the type and incidence of symptoms experienced. The largest review of 'gold standard' antidepressant withdrawal studies to date has identified the type and incidence of symptoms experienced by people discontinuing antidepressants, finding most people do not experience severe withdrawal.

New network launched to establish best practices for wastewater surveillance of pathogens with potential to cause a pandemic.

Experts from Imperial are building the traffic models that drive a new water pollution management tool.