Health Check Episodes Episode guide
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Mixing Covid vaccines
Mixing Covid vaccines and spreading doses out. Have food labels in Chile reduced obesity?
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Tanzania joins Covax
Tanzania joins Covax; the first national TB Survey in South Africa and lockdown memories
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New treatment for Covid
New treatment for Covid; Vaccinating a whole town in Brazil; Protection against Dengue
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FDA approves new Alzheimer’s drug
Controversial approval of new Alzheimer’s drug; news on chances of catching Covid twice.
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Black Fungus epidemic in India
Could over the counter Steroids be driving the Black Fungus epidemic in India?
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Is kindness contagious?
New research finds kindness really does spread according to scientists in California
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When to have your second vaccine dose?
When to have your second Covid vaccine dose; Ovarian Cancer screening trial; Misophonia
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Is BMI an outdated risk measure?
Is BMI an outdated measure for risk of type 2 diabetes in diverse ethnic groups?
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Tanzania's new Covid prevention measures
Tanzania's new Covid prevention measures; celebrating the Windrush generation in theatre
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India’s Covid-19 surge
India's Covid surge update. New Malaria Vaccine breakthrough. How moving helps our minds
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Medical mysteries with neurologist Suzanne O’Sullivan
Neurologist Suzanne O’Sullivan on medical mysteries from around the world
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Chile’s vaccine roll out
Covid variants; India’s double mutant. Chile’s vaccine roll out. Dementia and sidewalks
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Mental Health and the long term implications of Covid
Mental Health and Covid; Fukushima a decade on; Fast accurate saliva test for concussion
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Covid vaccines for children
Covid vaccines for children and how to overcome hesitancy in parents
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Can the common cold prevent Covid?
Can a cold prevent Covid, mental health in Covid medical staff, and our amazing heart.
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Vaccine and blood clots
Covid vaccines and blood clots, Tanzania’s hidden epidemic? Haitian healthcare in Chile
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Do vaccines cure Long Covid?
Long Covid and vaccines, blood transfusion myths, and Migraines
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Pregnancy and Covid-19 vaccination
Health Check examines the issues around Covid-19 vaccines and pregnancy
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Long Covid: solving the mysteries
The UK has launched four major research programmes into Long Covid
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Covid surge in Mozambique
Doctor in Mozambique’s largest hospital on the massive surge in Covid cases and deaths
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Covid vaccines: bad news, good news
AstraZeneca vaccine disappoints in South Africa but may reduce virus spread elsewhere
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Covid-19 vaccines prevent 100% of deaths
With a new slew of good Covid vaccine trial results, a remarkable trend emerges
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Brazilian city’s Covid crisis: ‘It’s like Hell’
Health system meltdown as coronavirus infections surge in Manaus for a second time
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First days of India’s Covid vaccination programme
India’s Covid mass vaccination begins. But there are questions
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WHO warns against vaccine rollout unfairness
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
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
Doughnuts today or tomorrow? How 4 year olds understand time
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Ambiguous loss: a different kind of grief
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
Study reveals prevalence of coronavirus infection across Iran, with 72 percent in one city
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Gene therapy for sickle cell disease
Gene therapy has transformed the lives of six young people with sickle cell disease