Category : COVID-19

Inside Health

We try to figure out why drug deaths are at an all-time high - and what can be done.

Union and government to restart talks on ending doctor dispute

BMA says there is window of opportunity in coming weeks to reach a settlement after 12 strikes.

The teenage caffeine pouch trend troubling US experts

Some social media influencers are pushing products to young gym-goers and students, health experts warn.

Doctors' union agrees to resume talks with Streeting

But the health secretary says he will not negotiate on pay, adding that the union has lost goodwill with their five-day walkout.

The doctor strike has ended - what comes next?

With doctors returning to work after five-day walkout, is there an opportunity for talks to re-start?

Sleep, exercise, hydrate - do we really need to stick to recommended daily doses?

As a study casts doubt on the daily steps maxim, we take a look at some other health benchmarks we’re often told to strive for.

Is the most expensive lip balm always the best?

Do you need to spend more to get the best for your chapped lips?

Ketamine helped me escape my negative thoughts - then it nearly killed me

Young people are taking dangerous amounts of ket because it's cheap, easily available and helps them "disconnect", experts say.

Covid inquiry hears of 'generational slaughter'

Relatives of care home residents tell the Covid inquiry they will never get over how their loved ones died.

Hancock ignored call to test all NHS staff, Covid inquiry hears

Two Nobel prize-winning scientists worried about "asymptomatic transmission" between staff and patients.

The English neighbourhood that claims to hold the secret to fixing the NHS

With public satisfaction in the NHS just 21%, one area has a plan to shake up its services that could reduce GP waiting lists, as well as unblock hospital beds - but can it really work nationwide?

Labour's plan for benefits throws up a bigger dilemma

The debate has sparked a wider dilemma about the broader purpose of welfare

First place in British Isles set to approve right to die

Laws in the Isle of Man to let terminally ill adults end their own lives are in the last stages of debate.

Generation K: The disturbing rise of ketamine abuse among young people

Increasing numbers of young people are using the drug, experts say. The health impacts can be catastrophic.

'My first cervical screening was over before I knew it'

The BBC speaks to six people about their first cervical screening, and what they wish they'd known beforehand.