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Poor Covid immunity after Omicron

New research shows Omicron is 'stealthy immune evader' with poor immunity boost

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Polio misinformation

Polio misinformation and why looking after your body clock can be good for your health

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Handy third thumb

Could a third thumb be handy?

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New Covid booster recommendations

New Covid booster recommendations as cases rise

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Marburg virus cases confirmed

Marburg virus cases confirmed in Ghana following two deaths

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Pure kindness

What can research tell us about whether there is such a thing as an act of pure kindness

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Can you be a kind boss?

In the cut throat world of work, can bosses be kind? Claudia Hammond unpicks the evidence

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鈥淰irtual鈥� hospital visits cut relatives鈥� distress

New study: video calls helped reduce distress when relatives couldn鈥檛 visit loved ones

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Transplant hope as kidney blood groups swapped

Changing the blood groups of kidneys could improve access to donated organs

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Deaths cut with recommended Ebola treatments

Lifesaving Ebola treatments

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Statins rarely cause muscle pain

Reassurance over risk of statins side effects

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China approves first inhaled Covid vaccine

China approves first inhaled Covid vaccine

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Malaria vaccine effective

Malaria vaccine protects children in Burkina Faso

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Egypt鈥檚 hepatitis C success story

How Egypt went from having the highest rate of hepatitis C to almost eliminating it

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Floods spreading disease in Pakistan

Floods in Pakistan are causing a rise in waterborne diseases

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'Historic' claims for new Alzheimer鈥檚 drug

Treatment hope for Alzheimer鈥檚 patients

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Can a new star system help us to eat healthily?

How to work out what to eat to stay healthy

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Women and children鈥檚 health hit by disasters and Covid

How women and children's health is impacted more by the pandemic and conflict

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Long Covid 鈥� the latest

What doctors still don鈥檛 know about Long Covid

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Livers that live longer than we do

The hundred year old transplanted livers still going strong

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Psychological nudges for HIV treatment

South Africa鈥檚 first HIV 鈥淣udge鈥� Unit

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Genetic disorders and US abortion bans

How US abortion bans are impacting women whose unborn babies show inherited disorders

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How to make surgery safer

New evidence shows how simple steps can stop infections after surgery

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'Historic' turning point for Alzheimer's

Health issues and medical breakthroughs from around the world.

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How words can save lives

How words can save lives

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Liver drug could be repurposed for Covid

A widely used liver disease drug could be repurposed to stop Covid-19 in its tracks.

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Biggest health stories of the year

Our pick of the biggest stories of 2022 鈥� all covered right here on Health Check

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Can you knit away your worries?

Crochet classes in the pandemic helped to ease stress but it鈥檚 hard to prove in studies

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Regret

Claudia Hammond explores the psychology of regret

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Family鈥檚 gene therapy journey

One family鈥檚 quest for their little girl to be treated for an incredibly rare disease

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