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    New antiviral Covid pill

    A new Covid pill may cut hospitalisation by about half

  2. Reducing mental health stigma

    Talking about mental health reduces stigma

  3. Covid in Vietnam

    Covid lockdowns in Hanoi and Ho Chi Min City

  4. Art, gardening and wellbeing during Covid

    How art and gardening has saved some people鈥檚 mental health during the pandemic

  5. The Kindness Test

    What does kindness mean to you?

  6. Antibody cocktails against Covid

    When should Covid antibody treatment be used?

  7. The psychology of courage and bravery

    Why are some people able to keep calm in an emergency whilst others panic or freeze?

  8. Impact of wildfires

    Short and long term consequences of fires on health

  9. Twisties and sporting mental health

    Twisties and sporting mental health. Shortsightedness in children during the pandemic

  10. Covid vaccination in prisons

    Covid vaccination in prisons; do incentives like free tuition get people to get the jab

  11. Could the flu vaccine protect against severe Covid-19?

    Assessing the evidence: Can the flu vaccine ameliorate the effects of covid-19?

  12. Mental health recovery stories

    How to help people going through mental health crises

  13. Lambda variant of Sars-Cov-2

    Is the lambda variant of Sars-Cov-2 evading vaccines?

  14. Mixing Covid vaccines

    Mixing Covid vaccines and spreading doses out. Have food labels in Chile reduced obesity?

  15. Tanzania joins Covax

    Tanzania joins Covax; the first national TB Survey in South Africa and lockdown memories

  16. New treatment for Covid

    New treatment for Covid; Vaccinating a whole town in Brazil; Protection against Dengue

  17. FDA approves new Alzheimer鈥檚 drug

    Controversial approval of new Alzheimer鈥檚 drug; news on chances of catching Covid twice.

  18. Black Fungus epidemic in India

    Could over the counter Steroids be driving the Black Fungus epidemic in India?

  19. Is kindness contagious?

    New research finds kindness really does spread according to scientists in California

  20. When to have your second vaccine dose?

    When to have your second Covid vaccine dose; Ovarian Cancer screening trial; Misophonia

  21. Is BMI an outdated risk measure?

    Is BMI an outdated measure for risk of type 2 diabetes in diverse ethnic groups?

  22. Tanzania's new Covid prevention measures

    Tanzania's new Covid prevention measures; celebrating the Windrush generation in theatre

  23. India鈥檚 Covid-19 surge

    India's Covid surge update. New Malaria Vaccine breakthrough. How moving helps our minds

  24. Medical mysteries with neurologist Suzanne O鈥橲ullivan

    Neurologist Suzanne O鈥橲ullivan on medical mysteries from around the world

  25. Chile鈥檚 vaccine roll out

    Covid variants; India鈥檚 double mutant. Chile鈥檚 vaccine roll out. Dementia and sidewalks

  26. Mental Health and the long term implications of Covid

    Mental Health and Covid; Fukushima a decade on; Fast accurate saliva test for concussion

  27. Covid vaccines for children

    Covid vaccines for children and how to overcome hesitancy in parents

  28. Can the common cold prevent Covid?

    Can a cold prevent Covid, mental health in Covid medical staff, and our amazing heart.

  29. Vaccine and blood clots

    Covid vaccines and blood clots, Tanzania鈥檚 hidden epidemic? Haitian healthcare in Chile

  30. Do vaccines cure Long Covid?

    Long Covid and vaccines, blood transfusion myths, and Migraines

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