May 4, 2026 expert reaction to hantavirus situation on cruise ship heading from Argentina to Cape Verde . Scientists comment on the hantavirus situation on a cruise ship that trav ...

May 4, 2026 expert reaction to study on airborne microplastics and nanoplastics and global warming . A study published in Nature Climate Change looks at global warming contributio ...

May 4, 2026 Review of the impacts of deep-sea mining on ocean ecosystems . The deep sea contains a wealth of mineral resources including cobalt, nickel and copper, widely used met ...

April 30, 2026 expert reaction to OBSCORE – a tool to identify individuals at highest risk of obesity-related complications . A study published in Nature Medicine looks at a new ...

April 29, 2026 expert reaction to RCT which looks at semaglutide and motivation in depression . A randomised controlled trial published in JAMA Psychiatry looks at semaglutide use ...

April 30, 2026 expert reaction to an RCT for semaglutide in patients with alcohol use disorder and comorbid obesity . A randomised controlled trial published in The Lancet looks a ...

April 30, 2026 expert reaction to the death of J. Craig Venter . Scientists comment on the death of American scientist Craig Venter. Prof Sir John Hardy, Professor of Neuroscience ...

April 22, 2026 Launch of new human vaccine trial: mRNA vaccine candidate against H5N1 bird flu . A new vaccine trial is starting in the UK investigating an mRNA vaccine candidate ...

This Briefing was accompanied by an SMC Roundup of comments.

April 29, 2026 expert reaction to a paper showing associations between prenatal air pollution exposure and altered neurodevelopmental outcomes in early childhood . A study publish ...

‘Temporal trends in behavioural risk factors for cancers with rising incidence in younger adults: an analysis of population- based data in England’ by Montserrat Garcia- Closas et al. was published in ...

April 30, 2026 OBSCORE – a tool to identify individuals at highest risk of obesity-related complications . Obesity is a major global health challenge, with 60-70 per cent of adu ...