Entries by BBC News - Health

Covid inquiry: Failure to consider ‘potentially massive impact’ of lockdown pre-pandemic

The UK may not have been well prepared "at all", says the lead lawyer for the Covid inquiry.

What are the heat exhaustion and heatstroke symptoms?

Know the signs and what to do if someone is unwell in hot weather.

Sunak ‘not worried’ about Covid inquiry seeing messages

Chris Mason asks Rishi Sunak if he has something to hide from Covid inquiry in pandemic messages.

Watch: Brain implants help paralysed man to walk again

A paralysed man has been able to walk simply by thinking about it, thanks to electronic brain implants

Vaping: How do you quit e-cigarettes?

It can get you off tobacco - but what do you do when you want to say bye to your e-cig?

James Philliskirk: Concerns dismissed before sepsis, say parents

James Philliskirk died after Sheffield Children's Hospital had diagnosed him with chicken pox.

Covid global health emergency is over, WHO says

Close to 20 million people are likely to have died during the last three years, says the WHO.

Matt Hancock: Eight government WhatsApp Covid messages revealed

The ex-health secretary's pandemic text messages have been published by a newspaper - here are eight.

Toxic debate over lab leak theory hampers search for Covid origins

US agencies cannot agree on how the pandemic started, with the scientific community bitterly divided.