Health Check Podcast
Health issues and medical breakthroughs from around the world.
Episodes to download
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Monkeypox misinformation and stigma
Wed 1 Jun 2022
Concerns about monkeypox misinformation and stigma
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Monkeypox in central Africa
Wed 25 May 2022
Monkeypox in central Africa; Covid Variants in South Africa and creams for eczema
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New trial results of a fourth Covid booster
Wed 11 May 2022
Brand new trial results investigating a fourth Covid booster.
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Combined protection of Covid vaccination and prior infection
Wed 4 May 2022
Evidence investigating a hybrid protection from Covid vaccines and prior infection
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Are we kinder to people like us?
Wed 20 Apr 2022
Claudia Hammond asks whether we are kinder to people who we think are like us?
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More cases of Covid in Africa than official figures suggest
Wed 6 Apr 2022
Results from Zambia suggesting more cases of Covid in Africa than official figures suggest
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What should Hong Kong do about Covid-19?
Wed 23 Mar 2022
What went wrong and what should happen next?
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How children think about maths and time
Thu 10 Mar 2022
Doughnuts today or tomorrow? How four-year-olds understand time
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Helping children cope with anxiety about war in Ukraine
Thu 3 Mar 2022
The news can be distressing. How can we help children who are feeling anxious?
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Why measles is sweeping through Afghanistan
Wed 23 Feb 2022
Cases rise against backdrop of malnutrition and low vaccination rates
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Pig organs for transplant patients
Wed 16 Feb 2022
Could pig organs solve the global shortage of hearts and kidneys?
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Bringing death back into life
Wed 2 Feb 2022
Experts are calling for a radical change in our approach to death and dying
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Gene therapy hope for sickle cell patients
Wed 26 Jan 2022
Pioneering gene-editing treatment turns back the clock for sickle cell trial patients
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Are people with asthma who exercise healthier?
Wed 19 Jan 2022
Exercise may improve quality of life of people with asthma
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Omicron set to infect half of Europe
Wed 12 Jan 2022
Covid two years on; Omicron predicted to infect half of Europe over the next two months
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主播大秀 working versus the office
Wed 5 Jan 2022
Psychology of working from home versus the office 鈥� what does the evidence tell us?
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Do our pets care about us?
Wed 29 Dec 2021
New study explores if cats or dogs care more about their owners when they鈥檙e hurt
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New research on the Omicron variant
Wed 22 Dec 2021
Omicron variant update and does listening to music near bedtime help you sleep?
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Omicron update
Wed 15 Dec 2021
Omicron update from James Gallagher, the 主播大秀 Health and Science Correspondent
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Omicron variant news
Wed 8 Dec 2021
News update on the new Omicron variant now in many countries across the world
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Omicron Covid variant 鈥� what do we know?
Wed 1 Dec 2021
Omicron Covid variant 鈥� what do we know? And a new way of testing for TB in children
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Covid cases across Europe
Wed 24 Nov 2021
Covid cases across Europe; Typhoid incidence in Malawi, Nepal and Bangladesh
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T-cell Covid protection before the pandemic
Wed 17 Nov 2021
New research on how some people had a level of Covid immunity before the pandemic started
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New antiviral pills to treat Covid
Wed 10 Nov 2021
How do new antiviral pills to treat Covid compare?
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Hunt for rare resistance to SARS CoV-2
Wed 3 Nov 2021
The global hunt for people with a rare genetic resistance to SARS CoV-2 infection
