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New Covid Research
Update on the latest global Covid research
Combined protection of Covid vaccination and prior infection
Evidence investigating a hybrid protection from Covid vaccines and prior infection
New trial results of a fourth Covid booster
Brand new trial results investigating a fourth Covid booster.
Healthcare provision in North Korea
Data on healthcare provision in North Korea
Monkeypox in central Africa
Monkeypox in central Africa; Covid Variants in South Africa and creams for eczema
Monkeypox misinformation and stigma
Concerns about monkeypox misinformation and stigma
What brain scans tell us
A new paper described as a bombshell in the world of brain scans
Next generation Covid vaccines
Next generation Covid vaccines and how noticing our body clocks could improve our health
Poor Covid immunity after Omicron
New research shows Omicron is 'stealthy immune evader' with poor immunity boost
Polio misinformation
Polio misinformation and why looking after your body clock can be good for your health
Handy third thumb
Could a third thumb be handy?
New Covid booster recommendations
New Covid booster recommendations as cases rise
Marburg virus cases confirmed
Marburg virus cases confirmed in Ghana following two deaths
Pure kindness
What can research tell us about whether there is such a thing as an act of pure kindness
Can you be a kind boss?
In the cut throat world of work, can bosses be kind? Claudia Hammond unpicks the evidence
“Virtual†hospital visits cut relatives’ distress
New study: video calls helped reduce distress when relatives couldn’t visit loved ones
Transplant hope as kidney blood groups swapped
Changing the blood groups of kidneys could improve access to donated organs
Deaths cut with recommended Ebola treatments
Lifesaving Ebola treatments
Statins rarely cause muscle pain
Reassurance over risk of statins side effects
China approves first inhaled Covid vaccine
Malaria vaccine effective
Malaria vaccine protects children in Burkina Faso
Egypt’s hepatitis C success story
How Egypt went from having the highest rate of hepatitis C to almost eliminating it
Floods spreading disease in Pakistan
Floods in Pakistan are causing a rise in waterborne diseases
'Historic' claims for new Alzheimer’s drug
Treatment hope for Alzheimer’s patients
Can a new star system help us to eat healthily?
How to work out what to eat to stay healthy
Women and children’s health hit by disasters and Covid
How women and children's health is impacted more by the pandemic and conflict
Long Covid – the latest
What doctors still don’t know about Long Covid
Livers that live longer than we do
The hundred year old transplanted livers still going strong
Psychological nudges for HIV treatment
South Africa’s first HIV “Nudge†Unit
Genetic disorders and US abortion bans
How US abortion bans are impacting women whose unborn babies show inherited disorders
How to make surgery safer
New evidence shows how simple steps can stop infections after surgery