Health Check Episodes Episode guide
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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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The latest on global Coronavirus cases
Covid cases continue to surge in the US as countries sign up to help vaccinate the world
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Have we reached the peak of Wellness?
Could doctors learn a trick or two from Wellness?
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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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Covid-19 sniffer dogs being trained
How a smelly t-shirt could help dogs sniff out coronavirus
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Newborn deaths in US
Black newborn deaths in the US
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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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Womenβs reproductive rights threatened by Covid
Improvements to womenβs lives because of birth control advances are put at risk by Covid
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Choirs and Covid
Do choirs spread coronavirus?
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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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Whatβs 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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Incredible tale of Covid family survival in Spain
Three generations of a family hospitalised in Spain because of Covid
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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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Double threat of Covid-19 and flu
Flu vaccine orders up as US anticipates winter Covid surge
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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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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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Covid-19: Second waves
Are increases in Covid cases signs of second waves?
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Pain and the brain
New understanding about pain
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Covid-19 in DRC
Covid-19 and Ebola in DRC
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Escalating Covid-19 infections across Brazil
How are Brazilians reacting to mixed messages on restrictions, as virus deaths increase?
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Stem cell therapies unproven for Covid-19
Buyer Beware! Stem cell therapies unproven against Covid-19
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Should we wear face masks?
Does the wearing of face masks by the public prevent the spread of coronavirus?
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Smoking and Covid-19
Could nicotine reduce Covid-19 severity?
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Covid-19 in Italy
Why was Covid-19 so deadly in Italy?
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The impact on doctors and nurses of making difficult medical decisions
The βmoral injuryβ felt by staff making difficult decisions during the Covid-19 pandemic
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The retired doctor whoβd want to die at home if he got Covid-19
The latest on the spread of Covid-19 in the USA
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Tracking diseases like Covid-19 that leap from animals into humans
Learning from scientists in Vietnam tracking diseases that jump from animals to humans
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Coronavirus update
As South Africa goes into lockdown what measures are they taking? Plus big data in Taiwan
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What have we learnt from Sars?
The history of Sars, what was done to conquer it and what can we learn to fight Covid-19?
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Alcohol: How drinking less will help you live longer
COVID-19 update, how to cut your alcohol intake and how Alexa could keep you healthy