Health issues and medical breakthroughs from around the world.
World Service,·917 episodes
New study: video calls helped reduce distress when relatives couldn’t visit loved ones
10 Aug 2022,·26 mins
In the cut throat world of work, can bosses be kind? Claudia Hammond unpicks the evidence
03 Aug 2022,·26 mins
What can research tell us about whether there is such a thing as an act of pure kindness
27 Jul 2022,·26 mins
Marburg virus cases confirmed in Ghana following two deaths
20 Jul 2022,·26 mins
New Covid booster recommendations as cases rise
13 Jul 2022,·26 mins
Could a third thumb be handy?
07 Jul 2022,·26 mins
Polio misinformation and why looking after your body clock can be good for your health
29 Jun 2022,·26 mins
New research shows Omicron is 'stealthy immune evader' with poor immunity boost
22 Jun 2022,·26 mins
Next generation Covid vaccines and how noticing our body clocks could improve our health
15 Jun 2022,·27 mins
A new paper described as a bombshell in the world of brain scans
08 Jun 2022,·26 mins
Concerns about monkeypox misinformation and stigma
01 Jun 2022,·26 mins
Monkeypox in central Africa; Covid Variants in South Africa and creams for eczema
25 May 2022,·26 mins
Data on healthcare provision in North Korea
18 May 2022,·26 mins
Brand new trial results investigating a fourth Covid booster.
11 May 2022,·26 mins
Evidence investigating a hybrid protection from Covid vaccines and prior infection
04 May 2022,·26 mins
Update on the latest global Covid research
27 Apr 2022,·26 mins
Claudia Hammond asks whether we are kinder to people who we think are like us?
20 Apr 2022,·26 mins
Results from Zambia suggesting more cases of Covid in Africa than official figures suggest
06 Apr 2022,·26 mins
Psychological counselling in Ukraine
30 Mar 2022,·27 mins
What went wrong and what should happen next?
23 Mar 2022,·33 mins
Results of the world's largest study of kindness
17 Mar 2022,·28 mins
Doughnuts today or tomorrow? How four-year-olds understand time
10 Mar 2022,·26 mins
The news can be distressing. How can we help children who are feeling anxious?
03 Mar 2022,·27 mins
Cases rise against backdrop of malnutrition and low vaccination rates
23 Feb 2022,·38 mins
Could pig organs solve the global shortage of hearts and kidneys?
16 Feb 2022,·27 mins
Why breast cancer kills more black than white women
09 Feb 2022,·27 mins
Experts are calling for a radical change in our approach to death and dying
02 Feb 2022,·26 mins
Pioneering gene-editing treatment turns back the clock for sickle cell trial patients
26 Jan 2022,·26 mins
Exercise may improve quality of life of people with asthma
19 Jan 2022,·26 mins
Covid two years on; Omicron predicted to infect half of Europe over the next two months
12 Jan 2022,·26 mins
