Health Check
A podcast by BBC World Service - Wednesdays
274 Episodes
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Canada loses measles elimination status
Published: 12/11/2025 -
Cloud seeding to cut air pollution in Delhi
Published: 05/11/2025 -
What surpassing 1.5°C means for global health
Published: 29/10/2025 -
How impostors distort medical research
Published: 22/10/2025 -
How to prioritise aid in Gaza
Published: 15/10/2025 -
Immune system researchers win Nobel Prize
Published: 08/10/2025 -
Creating human eggs from skin cells
Published: 01/10/2025 -
Trump’s unproven claims on autism and paracetamol
Published: 24/09/2025 -
More children are obese than underweight
Published: 17/09/2025 -
The psychology of curiosity
Published: 10/09/2025 -
Have we found a better alternative to aspirin?
Published: 03/09/2025 -
A breakthrough in treating chronic pain
Published: 27/08/2025 -
Using AI to discover new antibiotics
Published: 20/08/2025 -
How plastic harms health
Published: 13/08/2025 -
Malnutrition in Gaza
Published: 06/08/2025 -
Making human blood deadly to mosquitoes
Published: 30/07/2025 -
Do you really have a penicillin allergy?
Published: 23/07/2025 -
HIV prevention drug Lenacapavir recommended by WHO
Published: 16/07/2025 -
First malaria treatment approved for newborns
Published: 09/07/2025 -
Can bacteria-eating viruses be used to fight superbugs?
Published: 02/07/2025
Health issues and medical breakthroughs from around the world.
