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What does kindness mean to you?
Art, gardening and wellbeing during Covid
How art and gardening has saved some people’s mental health during the pandemic
Covid in Vietnam
Covid lockdowns in Hanoi and Ho Chi Min City
Reducing mental health stigma
Talking about mental health reduces stigma
New antiviral Covid pill
A new Covid pill may cut hospitalisation by about half
The legacy of Henrietta Lacks
Henrietta Lacks died in 1951 from cervical cancer, but her cells changed medical history
New Covid vaccine
A new vaccine from Valneva produces strong immune response, the French company reports
Mix and match Covid vaccines
New evidence on the benefits of mixing and matching doses of different Covid vaccines
Hunt for rare resistance to SARS CoV-2
The global hunt for people with a rare genetic resistance to SARS CoV-2 infection
New antiviral pills to treat Covid
How do new antiviral pills to treat Covid compare?
T-cell Covid protection before the pandemic
New research on how some people had a level of Covid immunity before the pandemic started
Covid cases across Europe
Covid cases across Europe; Typhoid incidence in Malawi, Nepal and Bangladesh
Omicron Covid variant – what do we know?
Omicron Covid variant – what do we know? And a new way of testing for TB in children
Omicron variant news
News update on the new Omicron variant now in many countries across the world
Omicron update
Omicron update from James Gallagher, the Â鶹ԼÅÄ Health and Science Correspondent
New research on the Omicron variant
Omicron variant update and does listening to music near bedtime help you sleep?
Do our pets care about us?
New study explores if cats or dogs care more about their owners when they’re hurt
Â鶹ԼÅÄ working versus the office
Psychology of working from home versus the office – what does the evidence tell us?
Omicron set to infect half of Europe
Covid two years on; Omicron predicted to infect half of Europe over the next two months
Are people with asthma who exercise healthier?
Exercise may improve quality of life of people with asthma
Gene therapy hope for sickle cell patients
Pioneering gene-editing treatment turns back the clock for sickle cell trial patients
Bringing death back into life
Experts are calling for a radical change in our approach to death and dying
Black women and breast cancer
Why breast cancer kills more black than white women
Pig organs for transplant patients
Could pig organs solve the global shortage of hearts and kidneys?
Why measles is sweeping through Afghanistan
Cases rise against backdrop of malnutrition and low vaccination rates
Helping children cope with anxiety about war in Ukraine
The news can be distressing. How can we help children who are feeling anxious?
How children think about maths and time
Doughnuts today or tomorrow? How four-year-olds understand time
The kindness test: The results
Results of the world's largest study of kindness
What should Hong Kong do about Covid-19?
What went wrong and what should happen next?
Treating stress and anxiety in Ukraine
Psychological counselling in Ukraine
More cases of Covid in Africa than official figures suggest
Results from Zambia suggesting more cases of Covid in Africa than official figures suggest