Both flu and Covid-19 will circulate this winter, warns head of UK Health Security AgencyCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coveragePeople who catch flu and Covid at the same time this winter are twice as likely to die than those who o…
Sajid Javid working on radical plan to merge social care with health in England
Proposal aimed at freeing up NHS beds and offering home care could be included in white paper on reformRadical plans for a new national care service under which health and social care would be delivered by the same organisation are being actively consi…
‘GPs fob us off’: most trans people avoid the doctor when they’re sick
Survey shows need for training to ensure patients are listened toWhen Ellen Mellor’s doctor said that her severe headaches were caused by the stress of being transgender, it did not sit right. “My life was at the calmest point it had been in a long tim…
Selma Blair: ‘Things fell into place when I was diagnosed with MS’
Hollywood actor Selma Blair talks honestly and with refreshing humour about how her life has changed, her groundbreaking documentary – and the comfort of famous friendsSelma Blair is telling me a joke about three tampons walking down the road: heavy fl…
More than 2 million people in England have had Covid booster jab
Priorities for third dose of vaccine are those over 50, health and social care workers and anyone with a weakened immune systemCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageMore than two million people have been given the coronavirus boos…
How biodiversity loss is jeopardising the drugs of the future
From willow bark to mosquitoes, nature has been a source of vital medications for centuries. But species die-off caused by human activity is putting this at risk What will biodiversity loss mean for drug discovery?Traditionally used as a painkiller for…
Isolate if you have Covid symptoms but negative PCR, says local health official
Advice follows discovery of anomalies in which people had positive lateral flow tests but negative lab resultsPeople should self-isolate if they have Covid-19 symptoms even if they have a negative PCR test result, according to a regional public health …
Coronavirus live news: UK reports 34,950 cases as two million receive booster jabs; Italy records 46 deaths
UK has recorded 133 Covid-related deaths in the past 24 hours, according to the latest figures; Italy has registered 4.7m coronavirus cases to dateUnions call for tighter Covid safety measures in schoolsRussia reports record daily death toll as Kremlin…
Can migraines be untangled by new medical thinking?
Dr Peter Goadsby’s pioneering work has changed our understanding of migraines. Eva Wiseman, who has endured them since she was a child, hears how he found his way to the source of the pain – and what can be done about itI started yawning, and that was …
Ready, steady … oh. Can a life coach shake me out of my pandemic-induced ennui?
It started in bed one morning when I realised I hadn’t had an original thought for months. I needed someone to make me wake upFor some reason it takes me two and a half hours to email my life coach. I write “email life coach guy” on my to-do list. I ha…