Health Check Episodes Episode guide
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Surviving Noma disease
What its like living after having Noma disease as researchers hold an inaugural meeting
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Cape Verde eliminates malaria
Cape Verde officially eliminates malaria and Cameroon begins routine vaccinations
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Endurance
From rowing across the Atlantic Ocean to running across the Sahara Desert.
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Are outcomes better with female surgeons?
Patients treated by female surgeons have fewer adverse postoperative outcomes.
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2024 in global health
What health advances, challenges and discoveries will the next 12 months hold?
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A year in health in review
The highs and lows of global health news in 2023 reviewed
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When will we have an HIV vaccine?
Following failed trials, researchers are worried we won鈥檛 get an HIV vaccine before 2030.
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Closer to a cure for morning sickness
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?
Claudia Hammond hears how unusual health events are identified and investigated.
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New Zealand backtracks on smoking ban
New Zealand鈥檚 government to scrap world leading ban on tobacco products.
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Gene editing treatment approved for sickle cell
UK is the first country to approve Casgevy, but is the drug too expensive for most?
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Vaccinating children against chickenpox
Why do some countries vaccinate children against chickenpox and others choose not to?
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A drug to prevent breast cancer
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
A new study shows some antibiotics are now less than 50% effective at treating infections
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A musician鈥檚 story of coping with schizophrenia
How a mother is supporting her son to perform again after he developed psychosis.
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Cholera cases surge in Zimbabwe
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
US public health officials consult on prescribing antibiotics after unprotected sex
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Malaria vaccine backed by WHO
The World Health Organisation recommends University of Oxford vaccine for global use.
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The deadly practice of gum lancing
How the tradition of extracting babies鈥� teeth used in some communities can be fatal
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Could global Aids program be cut?
Some US Republicans call for PEPFAR funding to be stopped over alleged links to abortion.
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Do men have a friendship problem?
A discussion on the issues men face with friendship from the Cheltenham Science Festival.
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Opioid overdose antidote made available in US
Naloxone made accessible in American pharmacies without prescription for the first time.
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What happened to babies with Zika virus
How families in Brazil have been coping with the fallout from the Zika epidemic.
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Disgraced surgeon appeals prison sentence
Paolo Macchiarini appeals conviction for transplant surgeries in patients who later died.
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Contaminated cough syrup found in Iraq
Cough medicine batch contained unacceptable levels of toxic chemicals says WHO.
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A closer look at leprosy
Leprosy could now be endemic in Florida. We look at the disease鈥檚 past, present & future.
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Henrietta Lacks鈥� family settle lawsuit
Family of a black woman whose cells were taken settle case with biotech company
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Playing catch up on childhood immunisations
How to get children immunised to pre-Pandemic numbers after Covid backslide
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A new era for Alzheimer鈥檚 drugs?
Global trial confirms Alzheimer鈥檚 drug donanemab slows cognitive decline in early stages
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Sickle cell disease: Fighting for the future
Better care for people with Sickle Cell Disease after figures reveal its global impact
