Covid-19: Second waves

Are increases in Covid cases signs of second waves?

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Covid-19: Steroid drug reduces deaths

Trials of a steroid show it can reduce the deaths of those on ventilators by one third

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Faster cheaper Covid testing in Rwanda

Rwandan scientists on their pooled testing approach to Covid which slashes costs and time

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Double threat of Covid-19 and flu

Flu vaccine orders up as US anticipates winter Covid surge

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Cancer deaths rise predicted after Covid-19

Experts warn cancer deaths will rise because of the pandemic lockdown

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Incredible tale of Covid family survival in Spain

Three generations of a family hospitalised in Spain because of Covid

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What’s behind a drop in premature births during lockdown?

Irish and Danish doctors spot a fall in premature births during Covid pandemic

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Covid testing cuts Apache death rate

Covid testing in homes of White Mountain Apaches helps reduce death rate from Covid-19

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Choirs and Covid

Do choirs spread coronavirus?

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Women’s reproductive rights threatened by Covid

Improvements to women’s lives because of birth control advances are put at risk by Covid

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Covid immunity clues from a fishing boat in the Pacific

How a type of antibody found in three fishermen is helping Covid-19 research

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Newborn deaths in US

Black newborn deaths in the US

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Covid-19 sniffer dogs being trained

How a smelly t-shirt could help dogs sniff out coronavirus

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What is Wellness and does it make you healthy?

Where does the idea of Wellness come from? And who stands to gain from it?

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Have we reached the peak of Wellness?

Could doctors learn a trick or two from Wellness?

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How long should Covid quarantine last?

Does cutting quarantine to a week increase the risk of missing cases of Covid-19?

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Touch Test results

World's largest study on the topic of touch

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Have you ever hugged your doctor?

What role does touch play in health care?

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Covid-19 plasma therapy trial results ‘disappointing’

Indian trial finds that convalescent plasma therapy has little benefit against Covid-19

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Covid-19 vaccines: Unknowns and dilemmas

What we will not know when the first Covid-19 vaccines are deployed

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Covid vaccine ‘90% effective’

How big a deal is the ‘90% effective’ coronavirus vaccine?

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Measles outbreak threat due to Covid

Disruption to measles immunisation raises the risk of large outbreaks in Africa

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Another week, another Covid-19 vaccine success

Good news about Covid vaccines keeps coming but can everyone benefit from the successes?

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Milestone in HIV prevention for women

African clinical study finds an injection every 8 weeks protects women from HIV infection

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Gene therapy for sickle cell disease

Gene therapy has transformed the lives of six young people with sickle cell disease

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In Iran, one in five infected by coronavirus

Study reveals prevalence of coronavirus infection across Iran, with 72 percent in one city

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Ambiguous loss: a different kind of grief

Have you lost a loved one who is still a part of your life in some way?

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How children think about maths and time

Doughnuts today or tomorrow? How 4 year olds understand time

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The first year of the pandemic

The show looks back at the pandemic exactly one year since we first reported its start

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WHO warns against vaccine rollout unfairness

Are poorer countries missing out in the global vaccine rollout? A warning from the WHO

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First days of India’s Covid vaccination programme

India’s Covid mass vaccination begins. But there are questions

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Brazilian city’s Covid crisis: ‘It’s like Hell’

Health system meltdown as coronavirus infections surge in Manaus for a second time

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Covid-19 vaccines prevent 100% of deaths

With a new slew of good Covid vaccine trial results, a remarkable trend emerges

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Vaccinating Africa against Covid-19

Vaccinating Africa’s 1.2 billion people against Covid-19 & simple sanitation solutions

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Covid vaccines: bad news, good news

AstraZeneca vaccine disappoints in South Africa but may reduce virus spread elsewhere

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Superbugs and superfoods

How to combat antibiotic resistance and the truth about the health claims of coconut oil

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Covid surge in Mozambique

Doctor in Mozambique’s largest hospital on the massive surge in Covid cases and deaths

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Sexual health, Covid-19 vaccines

A neglected area of reproductive health and concerns over Covid-19 vaccination in Africa

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Long Covid: solving the mysteries

The UK has launched four major research programmes into Long Covid

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Africa’s blood shortage

Why don’t people want to give blood?

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Pregnancy and Covid-19 vaccination

Health Check examines the issues around Covid-19 vaccines and pregnancy

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Modern medicine versus the spirits

Can traditional treatments, including calling on ancestors, help with serious ailments?

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Do vaccines cure Long Covid?

Long Covid and vaccines, blood transfusion myths, and Migraines

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Covid-19 vaccination in Africa

How the roll out of vaccines is progressing

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Vaccine and blood clots

Covid vaccines and blood clots, Tanzania’s hidden epidemic? Haitian healthcare in Chile

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Combatting mental illness

Mental health issues for breastfeeding mothers and why swimming can help

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Can the common cold prevent Covid?

Can a cold prevent Covid, mental health in Covid medical staff, and our amazing heart.

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Working with disability

Measures to empower people living with disability in Senegal

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Covid vaccines for children

Covid vaccines for children and how to overcome hesitancy in parents

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Can we eradicate leprosy?

Senegal has embarked on a campaign to stop the disease in its tracks

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Mental Health and the long term implications of Covid

Mental Health and Covid; Fukushima a decade on; Fast accurate saliva test for concussion

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Chile’s vaccine roll out

Covid variants; India’s double mutant. Chile’s vaccine roll out. Dementia and sidewalks

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Medical mysteries with neurologist Suzanne O’Sullivan

Neurologist Suzanne O’Sullivan on medical mysteries from around the world

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India’s Covid-19 surge

India's Covid surge update. New Malaria Vaccine breakthrough. How moving helps our minds

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Tanzania's new Covid prevention measures

Tanzania's new Covid prevention measures; celebrating the Windrush generation in theatre

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Is BMI an outdated risk measure?

Is BMI an outdated measure for risk of type 2 diabetes in diverse ethnic groups?

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When to have your second vaccine dose?

When to have your second Covid vaccine dose; Ovarian Cancer screening trial; Misophonia

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Is kindness contagious?

New research finds kindness really does spread according to scientists in California

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Black Fungus epidemic in India

Could over the counter Steroids be driving the Black Fungus epidemic in India?

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FDA approves new Alzheimer’s drug

Controversial approval of new Alzheimer’s drug; news on chances of catching Covid twice.

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New treatment for Covid

New treatment for Covid; Vaccinating a whole town in Brazil; Protection against Dengue

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Tanzania joins Covax

Tanzania joins Covax; the first national TB Survey in South Africa and lockdown memories

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Mixing Covid vaccines

Mixing Covid vaccines and spreading doses out. Have food labels in Chile reduced obesity?

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Lambda variant of Sars-Cov-2

Is the lambda variant of Sars-Cov-2 evading vaccines?

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Mental health recovery stories

How to help people going through mental health crises

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Could the flu vaccine protect against severe Covid-19?

Assessing the evidence: Can the flu vaccine ameliorate the effects of covid-19?

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Covid vaccination in prisons

Covid vaccination in prisons; do incentives like free tuition get people to get the jab

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Twisties and sporting mental health

Twisties and sporting mental health. Shortsightedness in children during the pandemic

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Impact of wildfires

Short and long term consequences of fires on health

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The psychology of courage and bravery

Why are some people able to keep calm in an emergency whilst others panic or freeze?

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Antibody cocktails against Covid

When should Covid antibody treatment be used?

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The Kindness Test

What does kindness mean to you?

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Art, gardening and wellbeing during Covid

How art and gardening has saved some people’s mental health during the pandemic

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Covid in Vietnam

Covid lockdowns in Hanoi and Ho Chi Min City

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Reducing mental health stigma

Talking about mental health reduces stigma

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New antiviral Covid pill

A new Covid pill may cut hospitalisation by about half

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The legacy of Henrietta Lacks

Henrietta Lacks died in 1951 from cervical cancer, but her cells changed medical history

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New Covid vaccine

A new vaccine from Valneva produces strong immune response, the French company reports

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Mix and match Covid vaccines

New evidence on the benefits of mixing and matching doses of different Covid vaccines

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Hunt for rare resistance to SARS CoV-2

The global hunt for people with a rare genetic resistance to SARS CoV-2 infection

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New antiviral pills to treat Covid

How do new antiviral pills to treat Covid compare?

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T-cell Covid protection before the pandemic

New research on how some people had a level of Covid immunity before the pandemic started

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Covid cases across Europe

Covid cases across Europe; Typhoid incidence in Malawi, Nepal and Bangladesh

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Omicron Covid variant – what do we know?

Omicron Covid variant – what do we know? And a new way of testing for TB in children

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Omicron variant news

News update on the new Omicron variant now in many countries across the world

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Omicron update

Omicron update from James Gallagher, the BBC Health and Science Correspondent

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New research on the Omicron variant

Omicron variant update and does listening to music near bedtime help you sleep?

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Do our pets care about us?

New study explores if cats or dogs care more about their owners when they’re hurt

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Home working versus the office

Psychology of working from home versus the office – what does the evidence tell us?

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Omicron set to infect half of Europe

Covid two years on; Omicron predicted to infect half of Europe over the next two months

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Are people with asthma who exercise healthier?

Exercise may improve quality of life of people with asthma

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Gene therapy hope for sickle cell patients

Pioneering gene-editing treatment turns back the clock for sickle cell trial patients

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Bringing death back into life

Experts are calling for a radical change in our approach to death and dying

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Black women and breast cancer

Why breast cancer kills more black than white women

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Pig organs for transplant patients

Could pig organs solve the global shortage of hearts and kidneys?

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Why measles is sweeping through Afghanistan

Cases rise against backdrop of malnutrition and low vaccination rates

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Helping children cope with anxiety about war in Ukraine

The news can be distressing. How can we help children who are feeling anxious?

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How children think about maths and time

Doughnuts today or tomorrow? How four-year-olds understand time

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The kindness test: The results

Results of the world's largest study of kindness

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