Rare diseases are not rare! By Dr Stephanie Jones Today is Rare Disease Day! This annual initiative aims to increase awareness and to generate change for the 300 million people worldwide living with a rare disease. On Monday this week (23-Feb) I attended the FDA Rare...
International Day of Women and Girls in Science (3 of 3) By Amrutha Dileep My personal experience as a Woman of Colour in STEM I first moved to England when I was 4 years old, I didn’t know a single word of English, and I stuck out like a sore thumb in a majority...
International Epilepsy Awareness Day By Eve Day Today is International Epilepsy Day 2026, celebrated annually on the second Monday of February. It is a day for recognising the condition and its impacts globally, advocating to alleviate the stigma and promote better...
International Day of Women and Girls in Science (2 of 3) By Tayia Hirstwood Beyond The Title Mrs. Miss. Ms. Before she can even begin, a woman is not only defined by her gender, but by a marital status entirely irrelevant to her competence. A title precedes her work,...
International Day of Women and Girls in Science (1 of 3) By Harriet Bright - Foreword by Dr Stephanie Jones Dr Stephanie Jones – I’ve been reflecting on my own experience as a girl and then a woman in science. As a child I was thrilled to receive a nurses...
Celebrating the 10th Annual Global Campaign for Patient Safety The much-anticipated MedSafetyWeek – now in its tenth year – is here! This year’s theme, “We can all help make medicines safer,” highlights the collective role we play in ensuring medicine...
