Health Check Podcast
Health issues and medical breakthroughs from around the world.
Episodes to download
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Covid-19 vaccines prevent 100% of deaths
Wed 3 Feb 2021
With a new slew of good Covid vaccine trial results, a remarkable trend emerges
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Brazilian city鈥檚 Covid crisis: 鈥業t鈥檚 like Hell鈥�
Wed 27 Jan 2021
Health system meltdown as coronavirus infections surge in Manaus for a second time
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First days of India鈥檚 Covid vaccination programme
Wed 20 Jan 2021
India鈥檚 Covid mass vaccination begins. But there are questions
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WHO warns against vaccine rollout unfairness
Wed 13 Jan 2021
Are poorer countries missing out in the global vaccine rollout? A warning from the WHO
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The first year of the pandemic
Wed 6 Jan 2021
The show looks back at the pandemic exactly one year since we first reported its start
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How children think about maths and time
Wed 30 Dec 2020
Doughnuts today or tomorrow? How 4 year olds understand time
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Ambiguous loss: a different kind of grief
Wed 23 Dec 2020
Have you lost a loved one who is still a part of your life in some way?
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In Iran, one in five infected by coronavirus
Wed 16 Dec 2020
Study reveals prevalence of coronavirus infection across Iran, with 72 percent in one city
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Gene therapy for sickle cell disease
Wed 9 Dec 2020
Gene therapy has transformed the lives of six young people with sickle cell disease
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Milestone in HIV prevention for women
Wed 2 Dec 2020
African clinical study finds an injection every 8 weeks protects women from HIV infection
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Another week, another Covid-19 vaccine success
Wed 25 Nov 2020
Good news about Covid vaccines keeps coming but can everyone benefit from the successes?
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Measles outbreak threat due to Covid
Wed 18 Nov 2020
Disruption to measles immunisation raises the risk of large outbreaks in Africa
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Covid vaccine 鈥�90% effective鈥�
Wed 11 Nov 2020
How big a deal is the 鈥�90% effective鈥� coronavirus vaccine?
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Covid-19 vaccines: Unknowns and dilemmas
Wed 4 Nov 2020
What we will not know when the first Covid-19 vaccines are deployed
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Covid-19 plasma therapy trial results 鈥榙isappointing鈥�
Wed 28 Oct 2020
Indian trial finds that convalescent plasma therapy has little benefit against Covid-19
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Coronavirus update
Wed 25 Mar 2020
As South Africa goes into lockdown what measures are they taking? Plus big data in Taiwan
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Autism: the problems of fitting in
Wed 31 Jul 2019
Many people with autism learn strategies to help them blend in: but there can be costs
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Lighting the brain after birth
Wed 3 Jul 2019
The infra-red device that can detect brain damage within minutes of a baby being born
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Stemming the Ebola Outbreak in the DRC
Wed 24 Oct 2018
Ongoing violence and cultural issues preventing containment of the disease
