New Covid booster recommendations

Perhaps contrary to popular belief, it is not all over for ovaries once a woman is post-menopausal. In a study published in Aging Cell, researchers studying the ovaries from 28 women found that even though their reproductive function ceases, the ovaries remain biologically active ...  Show more

This week, Claudia is joined in the studio by Clare Wilson, Science writer at The i Paper.After a 28-young woman who was studying infectious diseases in a lab in Siberia has died from pneumonia, Health Check takes an in-depth look at the plague, examines what we know about what h ...  Show more

Updated versions of the mRNA vaccines roll out this week. Experts say they offer good protection against current COVID variants. Who should get them, and when's the best time to roll up your sleeve? See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data ...  Show more

Will we need boosters forever? It’s the question you wanted us to tackle so we’re joined by Prof Beate Kampmann, the Director of The Vaccine Centre at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, in the search for answers. Then we explore why so few pregnant women are taki ...  Show more

Kieran Walsh, clinical director at BMJ, asks editors from BMJ Learning and BMJ Best Practice to summarise the latest clinical guidance related to covid-19. Matt Castleden updates us on treatment with steroids, PPE and symptoms of covid-19 which are present weeks or months after i ...  Show more

COVID-19 remains the third leading cause of death according to the National Institutes of Health and getting boosters in arms this fall could prevent an estimated 12 to 15% of deaths a month. The updated bivalent COVID booster is here and can restore protection that has waned sin ...  Show more