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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

  2. Can you be a kind boss?

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

  3. Pure kindness

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

  4. Marburg virus cases confirmed

    Marburg virus cases confirmed in Ghana following two deaths

  5. New Covid booster recommendations

    New Covid booster recommendations as cases rise

  6. Handy third thumb

    Could a third thumb be handy?

  7. Polio misinformation

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

  8. Poor Covid immunity after Omicron

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

  9. Next generation Covid vaccines

    Next generation Covid vaccines and how noticing our body clocks could improve our health

  10. What brain scans tell us

    A new paper described as a bombshell in the world of brain scans

  11. Monkeypox misinformation and stigma

    Concerns about monkeypox misinformation and stigma

  12. Monkeypox in central Africa

    Monkeypox in central Africa; Covid Variants in South Africa and creams for eczema

  13. Healthcare provision in North Korea

    Data on healthcare provision in North Korea

  14. New trial results of a fourth Covid booster

    Brand new trial results investigating a fourth Covid booster.

  15. Combined protection of Covid vaccination and prior infection

    Evidence investigating a hybrid protection from Covid vaccines and prior infection

  16. New Covid Research

    Update on the latest global Covid research

  17. Are we kinder to people like us?

    Claudia Hammond asks whether we are kinder to people who we think are like us?

  18. More cases of Covid in Africa than official figures suggest

    Results from Zambia suggesting more cases of Covid in Africa than official figures suggest

  19. Treating stress and anxiety in Ukraine

    Psychological counselling in Ukraine

  20. What should Hong Kong do about Covid-19?

    What went wrong and what should happen next?

  21. The kindness test: The results

    Results of the world's largest study of kindness

  22. How children think about maths and time

    Doughnuts today or tomorrow? How four-year-olds understand time

  23. Helping children cope with anxiety about war in Ukraine

    The news can be distressing. How can we help children who are feeling anxious?

  24. Why measles is sweeping through Afghanistan

    Cases rise against backdrop of malnutrition and low vaccination rates

  25. Pig organs for transplant patients

    Could pig organs solve the global shortage of hearts and kidneys?

  26. Black women and breast cancer

    Why breast cancer kills more black than white women

  27. Bringing death back into life

    Experts are calling for a radical change in our approach to death and dying

  28. Gene therapy hope for sickle cell patients

    Pioneering gene-editing treatment turns back the clock for sickle cell trial patients

  29. Are people with asthma who exercise healthier?

    Exercise may improve quality of life of people with asthma

  30. Omicron set to infect half of Europe

    Covid two years on; Omicron predicted to infect half of Europe over the next two months

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