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Health Check

Health issues and medical breakthroughs from around the world.

Episodes

Total: 256

After the first few days of India’s Covid mass vaccination programme rollout, Claudia talks to medic

BBC global health correspondent Naomi Grimley joins Claudia Hammond for a round-up of the latest dev

Claudia Hammond talks to Guardian health editor Sarah Boseley exactly one year after she and Claudia

Claudia Hammond explores how children think with two psychologists; Dr Victoria Simms from Ulster Un

Have you lost a loved one who is still a part of your life in some way? Did it leave you feeling con

Iran was one of the first countries to be hit hard by the coronavirus. In the first population wide

Are genetic therapies for sickle cell disease beginning to come of age? Claudia Hammond talks to Dav

In the week of World AIDS Day, Health Check looks at what's being described as a milestone in the pr

Oxford University and Astrazeneca announced interim results from the phase 3 trial of their coronavi

Global measles deaths were already at a 23 year high in 2019 after several years of inadequate immun

Health Check examines the excitement around the preliminary announcement of 90% effectiveness of Bio

Some of the first large scale trials of Covid-19 vaccines may report results to regulators in the ne

For months now, many people hospitalised with Covid-19 have been given convalescent plasma – donated

Coronavirus update

2020/3/25

As South Africa goes into lockdown what measures are they taking? Plus big data in Taiwan and a roun

Many people with autistic spectrum disorder learn techniques to overcome their difficulties interact

Claudia Hammond visits the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition.Every year a minority of births g