Image source, Reuters By the Data Journalism Team BBC Verify Hearings have begun in the public inquiry, external scrutinising the UK’s response to, and impacts of, the coronavirus pandemic. As the virus spread, government agencies increasingly published figures on case numbers, hospitalisations and deaths. To follow alongside the inquiry, the BBC’s data team has broken […]
England’s former chief medical officer Dame Sally Davies was close to tears at the Covid Inquiry as she apologised to families bereaved by the pandemic. “It wasn’t just the deaths, it was the way they died… it was harrowing and it remains horrible,” she said. She also said the UK did not have enough resilience […]
Image source, PA Health correspondent, BBC News Jim Reed Health reporter, BBC News The failures and weaknesses in the UK’s pandemic preparations are expected to be laid out in the first report published by the Covid inquiry. Baroness Hallett, who is chairing the public inquiry, will set out her findings at lunchtime. Her report will […]
A drug has increased the lifespans of laboratory animals by nearly 25%, in a discovery scientists hope can slow human ageing too. The treated mice were known as “supermodel grannies” in the lab because of their youthful appearance. They were healthier, stronger and developed fewer cancers than their unmedicated peers. The drug is already being […]
Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, The cervix is the canal joining the vagina and the womb Health and science correspondent, BBC News More than one million extra women could have life-saving cervical-cancer checks if the NHS adopted do-it-yourself testing, researchers estimate. The team at King’s College London said the results of its self-testing trial were […]
Free drink refills could be banned at restaurants and cafes as part of new proposals by the Welsh government. Health Secretary Eluned Morgan has launched a consultation to restrict “promotions of food products high in fat, sugar and salt”. It also proposes to restrict retailers from putting forward offers, such as buy one get one […]
Image caption, Gwen Edwards from Anglesey lives with type 1 diabetes A woman living with type 1 diabetes is calling for better communication on the supply of essential medication after she had to turn to social media for help in finding some. Gwen Edwards, 27, from Anglesey, takes insulin and has been using Fiasp FlexTouch, […]
Image source, Alex Dunlop/BBCImage caption, Gemma Cutler wants to use her experience to raise awareness Alex Dunlop and Laura Devlin BBC News, St Neots One in 10 women experience the intense pelvic pain and heavy periods caused by adenomyosis – yet little is known about it. The condition involves the lining of the womb growing […]
Image source, Getty Images The new government has made tackling NHS waiting times a key priority – and this week appointed NHS surgeon and former health minister Lord Ara Darzi to investigate what is going wrong. Is productivity the place to start? The scale of the challenge facing Health Secretary Wes Streeting was made clear […]
Scientists have launched their first in-human vaccine trial for a highly fatal virus. The Marburg virus is in the same family as Ebola and was discovered in 1967. There are currently no approved vaccines or treatments for the virus, which is listed as a ‘high consequence’ infectious disease by the UK Health Security Agency. Now, […]
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