Health Check Podcast
Health issues and medical breakthroughs from around the world.
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Is turbulence injuring more and more flyers?
Yesterday
We look at what’s behind a rise in incidents causing injuries to air passengers
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Nigeria rolls out world’s first 5-in-1 meningitis vaccine
Last Wednesday
New Men5CV vaccine protects people against five strains of the meningococcus bacteria
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How we hope
Wed 10 Apr 2024
A discussion from the Northern Ireland Science Festival exploring the psychology of hope.
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Puerto Rico declares dengue fever emergency
Wed 3 Apr 2024
Cases of the disease continue to surge in Latin America and the Caribbean
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Pig kidney transplanted into patient
Wed 27 Mar 2024
Gene edited organ transplanted into living person for the first time
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Should we stop talking about long Covid?
Wed 20 Mar 2024
New research suggests long Covid is indistinguishable from other post-viral conditions
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A promising new cancer treatment
Wed 13 Mar 2024
Promising results from a global study provide hope for new cancer treatment
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One billion obese people
Wed 6 Mar 2024
One in eight people worldwide are now obese, but that doesn’t mean they are better fed.
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Junior doctors strike in South Korea
Wed 28 Feb 2024
More than two thirds of junior doctors continue strike in South Korea
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Global Trade v Health Equality
Wed 21 Feb 2024
Intellectual property rights on Covid-19 treatments continue to impact poorer countries
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Dengue outbreak in Latin America
Wed 14 Feb 2024
Dengue clinics set up in Rio de Janeiro’s carnival week amid Latin American outbreak
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Getting vaccinations to remote South Sudan
Wed 7 Feb 2024
In the midst of flooding, doctors attempt to combat a Hepatitis E outbreak by boat.
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Surviving Noma disease
Wed 31 Jan 2024
What its like living after having Noma disease as researchers hold an inaugural meeting
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Cape Verde eliminates malaria
Wed 24 Jan 2024
Cape Verde officially eliminates malaria and Cameroon begins routine vaccinations
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Endurance
Wed 17 Jan 2024
From rowing across the Atlantic Ocean to running across the Sahara Desert.
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Are outcomes better with female surgeons?
Wed 10 Jan 2024
Patients treated by female surgeons have fewer adverse postoperative outcomes.
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2024 in global health
Wed 3 Jan 2024
What health advances, challenges and discoveries will the next 12 months hold?
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A year in health in review
Wed 27 Dec 2023
The highs and lows of global health news in 2023 reviewed
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When will we have an HIV vaccine?
Wed 20 Dec 2023
Following failed trials, researchers are worried we won’t get an HIV vaccine before 2030.
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Closer to a cure for morning sickness
Wed 13 Dec 2023
Researchers work out why some pregnant women are more at risk of morning sickness
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How do we know when a mystery illness is serious?
Wed 6 Dec 2023
Claudia Hammond hears how unusual health events are identified and investigated.
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New Zealand backtracks on smoking ban
Wed 29 Nov 2023
New Zealand’s government to scrap world leading ban on tobacco products.
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Gene editing treatment approved for sickle cell
Wed 22 Nov 2023
UK is the first country to approve Casgevy, but is the drug too expensive for most?
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Vaccinating children against chickenpox
Wed 15 Nov 2023
Why do some countries vaccinate children against chickenpox and others choose not to?
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A drug to prevent breast cancer
Wed 8 Nov 2023
Anastrozole can halve your chances of developing breast cancer if you are at high risk.
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Warnings over antibiotic resistance in children
Wed 1 Nov 2023
A new study shows some antibiotics are now less than 50% effective at treating infections
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A musician’s story of coping with schizophrenia
Wed 25 Oct 2023
How a mother is supporting her son to perform again after he developed psychosis.
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Cholera cases surge in Zimbabwe
Wed 18 Oct 2023
Large gatherings are banned in parts of the country after 100 people die of the disease.
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US proposes world first policy to reduce STIs
Wed 11 Oct 2023
US public health officials consult on prescribing antibiotics after unprotected sex
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Malaria vaccine backed by WHO
Wed 4 Oct 2023
The World Health Organisation recommends University of Oxford vaccine for global use.
