Vaccines: A tale of the unexpected

We explore how some vaccines can have positive effects beyond their target

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How to cope with earthquake trauma

We assess the mental health toll a month after earthquakes in Syria and Turkey.

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Obesity drug: New hope for weight loss?

How a drug designed for diabetes patients could offer hope for obesity

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How giving babies peanut butter could cut allergy

Study says giving babies peanut butter could cut allergy by 77%.

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Could armpit sweat help tackle anxiety?

Researchers test whether sniffing other people’s body odour might have a therapeutic use.

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Women aren’t being promoted in healthcare

Why more women need to be leaders in healthcare.

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New way of giving lifesaving drug in childbirth

Trial shows injecting drug into muscle to stop bleeding in childbirth is effective.

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Malaria vaccines approved first in West Africa

Nigeria follows Ghana in approving malaria vaccine for young children

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Why we need more black doctors

Why more black doctors could increase life expectancy of local black people

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Keeping hospitals open in Khartoum

Doctors working in Sudan share the latest from the ongoing conflict

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Giving small babies a better start

Simple changes to antenatal care which doctors say could save small babies’ lives

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Home testing kits for disease screening

A USA study shows home test kits lead to more women getting screened for cervical cancer

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What can we do about back pain?

600 million people around the world have lower back pain so what can we do to help?

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Uganda's anti-gay law and healthcare

Doctors fear Ugandan anti-gay legislation will slow progress on preventing spread of HIV

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China's Covid-19 lockdown: What happened next?

Covid-19 cases could rise to 65 million in China, but lockdowns look unlikely

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A step closer to a Chikungunya vaccine

Advanced vaccine trials for a mosquito-borne disease that’s becoming more prevalent

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Healthcare under threat in Myanmar

Healthcare in Myanmar declines as workers say they’ve been targeted by Military Government

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The future of HIV research in Africa

HIV research by African academics has increased but doesn’t yet reflect the virus’ impact

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Drumming for a healthy life

Drumming to Martian technology; Health research at the Royal Society summer exhibition

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Sickle cell disease: Fighting for the future

Better care for people with Sickle Cell Disease after figures reveal its global impact

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A new era for Alzheimer’s drugs?

Global trial confirms Alzheimer’s drug donanemab slows cognitive decline in early stages

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Playing catch up on childhood immunisations

How to get children immunised to pre-Pandemic numbers after Covid backslide

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Henrietta Lacks’ family settle lawsuit

Family of a black woman whose cells were taken settle case with biotech company

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A closer look at leprosy

Leprosy could now be endemic in Florida. We look at the disease’s past, present & future.

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Contaminated cough syrup found in Iraq

Cough medicine batch contained unacceptable levels of toxic chemicals says WHO.

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Disgraced surgeon appeals prison sentence

Paolo Macchiarini appeals conviction for transplant surgeries in patients who later died.

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What happened to babies with Zika virus

How families in Brazil have been coping with the fallout from the Zika epidemic.

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Opioid overdose antidote made available in US

Naloxone made accessible in American pharmacies without prescription for the first time.

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Do men have a friendship problem?

A discussion on the issues men face with friendship from the Cheltenham Science Festival.

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Could global Aids program be cut?

Some US Republicans call for PEPFAR funding to be stopped over alleged links to abortion.

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The deadly practice of gum lancing

How the tradition of extracting babies’ teeth used in some communities can be fatal

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Malaria vaccine backed by WHO

The World Health Organisation recommends University of Oxford vaccine for global use.

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US proposes world first policy to reduce STIs

US public health officials consult on prescribing antibiotics after unprotected sex

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Cholera cases surge in Zimbabwe

Large gatherings are banned in parts of the country after 100 people die of the disease.

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A musician’s story of coping with schizophrenia

How a mother is supporting her son to perform again after he developed psychosis.

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Warnings over antibiotic resistance in children

A new study shows some antibiotics are now less than 50% effective at treating infections

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A drug to prevent breast cancer

Anastrozole can halve your chances of developing breast cancer if you are at high risk.

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Vaccinating children against chickenpox

Why do some countries vaccinate children against chickenpox and others choose not to?

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Gene editing treatment approved for sickle cell

UK is the first country to approve Casgevy, but is the drug too expensive for most?

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New Zealand backtracks on smoking ban

New Zealand’s government to scrap world leading ban on tobacco products.

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How do we know when a mystery illness is serious?

Claudia Hammond hears how unusual health events are identified and investigated.

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Closer to a cure for morning sickness

Researchers work out why some pregnant women are more at risk of morning sickness

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When will we have an HIV vaccine?

Following failed trials, researchers are worried we won’t get an HIV vaccine before 2030.

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A year in health in review

The highs and lows of global health news in 2023 reviewed

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2024 in global health

What health advances, challenges and discoveries will the next 12 months hold?

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Are outcomes better with female surgeons?

Patients treated by female surgeons have fewer adverse postoperative outcomes.

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Endurance

From rowing across the Atlantic Ocean to running across the Sahara Desert.

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Cape Verde eliminates malaria

Cape Verde officially eliminates malaria and Cameroon begins routine vaccinations

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Surviving Noma disease

What its like living after having Noma disease as researchers hold an inaugural meeting

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Getting vaccinations to remote South Sudan

In the midst of flooding, doctors attempt to combat a Hepatitis E outbreak by boat.

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Dengue outbreak in Latin America

Dengue clinics set up in Rio de Janeiro’s carnival week amid Latin American outbreak

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Global Trade v Health Equality

Intellectual property rights on Covid-19 treatments continue to impact poorer countries

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Junior doctors strike in South Korea

More than two thirds of junior doctors continue strike in South Korea

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One billion obese people

One in eight people worldwide are now obese, but that doesn’t mean they are better fed.

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A promising new cancer treatment

Promising results from a global study provide hope for new cancer treatment

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Should we stop talking about long Covid?

New research suggests long Covid is indistinguishable from other post-viral conditions

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Pig kidney transplanted into patient

Gene edited organ transplanted into living person for the first time

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Puerto Rico declares dengue fever emergency

Cases of the disease continue to surge in Latin America and the Caribbean

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How we hope

A discussion from the Northern Ireland Science Festival exploring the psychology of hope.

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Nigeria rolls out world’s first 5-in-1 meningitis vaccine

New Men5CV vaccine protects people against five strains of the meningococcus bacteria

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Is turbulence injuring more and more flyers?

We look at what’s behind a rise in incidents causing injuries to air passengers

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