• Health & Medicine

Junk food is flooding young people’s social feeds

New research reveals the scale of junk food promotion on social media, and the urgent need to protect young people online. New research reveals the scale of junk food promotion on social media, and the urgent need to protect young people online.

19 August 2025

• Science & Technology

New test predicts how cancers will respond to chemotherapy

A new DNA test could one day help doctors find which chemotherapy drugs are most likely to work for their patients. A new DNA test could one day help doctors find which chemotherapy drugs are most likely to work for their patients.

7 August 2025

• Health & Medicine

£450,000 given to make cervical screening more comfortable

We've awarded £457,000 to support a study in Cambridge that could be a more comfortable method of collecting potentially harmful cells from the cervix. We've awarded £457,000 to support a study in Cambridge that could be a more comfortable method of collecting potentially harmful cells from the cervix.

21 July 2025

• Health & Medicine

More work to do: Britons still smoke over 78 million cigarettes a day

A total of around 28.6 billion cigarettes are smoked in Britain every year, according to our latest study on smoking trends. A total of around 28.6 billion cigarettes are smoked in Britain every year, according to our latest study on smoking trends.

18 July 2025

• Health & Medicine

NHS England adding at-home HPV testing to the cervical screening programme

People who are six months overdue for cervical screening in England will be offered at-home sampling kits from early 2026. People who are six months overdue for cervical screening in England will be offered at-home sampling kits from early 2026.

24 June 2025

• Health & Medicine

A new tool to help eliminate cervical cancer worldwide

We funded the Cervical Cancer Elimination Planning Tool, which countries around the world can use to find the best way for them to use screening, vaccination and treatment to stop cervical cancer. We funded the Cervical Cancer Elimination Planning Tool, which countries around the world can use to find the best way for them to use screening, vaccination and treatment to stop cervical cancer.

19 June 2025

• Policy & Insight

Scottish Parliament votes to raise the age of sale for tobacco

Scottish MSPs voted unanimously to pass the Tobacco and Vapes Bill legislative consent motion, which will ensure that once the Bill is successfully through the UK Parliament legislative process, it can be implemented in Scotland too. Scottish MSPs voted unanimously to pass the Tobacco and Vapes Bill legislative consent motion, which will ensure that once the Bill is successfully through the UK Parliament legislative process, it can be implemented in Scotland too.

16 June 2025

• Health & Medicine

50 years of UK cancer data: death rates down by a fifth, but cases up

For the first time, our landmark Cancer in the UK Report has tracked cancer trends across 50 years of UK data. The findings are profound. For the first time, our landmark Cancer in the UK Report has tracked cancer trends across 50 years of UK data. The findings are profound.

3 June 2025

• Science & Technology
• Health & Medicine

ASCO 2025: diet and colon cancer, improving prostate cancer treatment and liquid biopsies target breast cancer

With the world's cancer researchers in Chicago for the 2025 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual meeting, we're highlighting some of the most interesting and important studies. With the world's cancer researchers in Chicago for the 2025 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual meeting, we're highlighting some of the most interesting and important studies.

31 May 2025