BBC Audio | Health Check

BBC Audio | Health Check

Health issues and medical breakthroughs from around the world.

The substantial ideas and innovations that may guide us one day eliminate malaria

The innovative drugs, gadgets and vaccines making a difference

The world’s first gene therapy to treat Huntington’s disease

We unpick further research on the benefits of the shingles vaccine

A latest study finds 20% of Nigerian under-5s have been exposed to skin-lightening products

New study finds the prevalence of high blood pressure in childhood has doubled since 2000

The trend in wellbeing over our lifespans is changing, driven by unhappier young people

Why are measles cases continuing to spread in North America and beyond?

We hear the fallout of a failed attempt at cloud seeding to cut pollution in Delhi

How can we protect global health in a world that will ‘inevitably’ warm past 1.5 degrees?

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