Health Check

As mpox continues to spread to new places, we find out how the vaccine rollout is going and what mor

As vector-borne diseases begin to spread more widely around the world, we look at why, what the effe

The Taliban has denied reports that they are halting polio vaccines in Afghanistan – so what is goin

As Haiti expands its state of emergency to cover the entire country, we take a look at the deteriora

Mpox vaccines are finally arriving on the African continent, but are they getting to the places that

In 2017, Adam Tjolle accidentally discovered he had a brain tumour. At the time, presenter and close

The World Health Organisation has officially declared the spread of mpox as a public health emergenc

More than four years after the start of the Covid pandemic, the virus is showing no signs of fading

Across the African continent cases of MPox have surged 160% this year. What is behind the spread, an

The world’s first deaths from the mosquito-borne Oropouche virus have been recorded in Brazil. Two w

Systemic racism affects our wellbeing long before we ever see a doctor. How can the health community

In the last two years, online searches for ‘toxic positivity’ have spiked. In this discussion from t

A new medication offers a potentially revolutionary disruption in HIV transmission – just as a leadi

A special episode from this year’s annual Royal Society Summer Exhibition in London, with Claudia Ha

This week on Health Check, we get an update on a new and concerning strain of MPox that is spreading

This week, Health Check takes a deep dive into the evidence on the relationship between exercise and

Many of the discussions around how we use the internet focus on its potentially negative impact on o

A third human case of bird flu has been reported in the US in a farmworker in Michigan who experienc

Life expectancy is expected to increase by almost five years around the world by 2050, according to

This week, we’re looking at examples of innovative thinking in medicine. A new, non-invasive device