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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
'Historic' turning point for Alzheimer's
Health issues and medical breakthroughs from around the world.
How words can save lives
Liver drug could be repurposed for Covid
A widely used liver disease drug could be repurposed to stop Covid-19 in its tracks.
Biggest health stories of the year
Our pick of the biggest stories of 2022 – all covered right here on Health Check
Can you knit away your worries?
Crochet classes in the pandemic helped to ease stress but it’s hard to prove in studies
Regret
Claudia Hammond explores the psychology of regret
Family’s gene therapy journey
One family’s quest for their little girl to be treated for an incredibly rare disease
The ‘Endo-Monster inside me’
This week, we hear from two women who talk about what life is like with endometriosis.
After the floods
A medic describes the situation six months on from the worst floods in Pakistan’s history
Back from the brink
We’ll hear a doctor and survivor’s stories of cardiac arrest – and have a guide to CPR.