Forum Brief: Research ethics
Policy Consultation 20 February 2002
The third global forum on bioethics in research is to be held this week in Cape Town.
Medicinal cannabis 'available by 2004'
News Article 18 February 2002
Cannabis-based drugs could be made available on the NHS within two years, the Department of Health has announced.
Forum Brief: Autism research
Policy Consultation 14 February 2002
The Department of Health has announced that it is to give the Medical Research Council £2.5 million towards research into autism.
Forum Brief: MMR vaccine
Policy Consultation 7 February 2002
The prime minister has once again stressed that he believes the MMR vaccine is safe and has strongly hinted that his son Leo has had the jab.
Health council denies link between autism and MMR
News Article 13 December 2001
The Medical Research Council today publishes a government-funded autism review and concludes that the controversial MMR vaccine was not a cause of the condition.
No autism link with MMR
Press Review 13 December 2001
Government concern at soaring sex
News Article 30 November 2001
A survey revealing increasingly emancipated sexual mores in the UK has prompted concerns about the "sexual health" of the nation.
Decision day for animal research centre
Press Review 19 January 2001
