How worried should we be about the coronavirus resurgence in Europe? Three experts weigh in
Coronavirus is back in large numbers across Europe. Since governments began to lift lockdowns at the start of the European…
Sport-induced traumatic brain injury: families reveal the ‘hell’ of living with the condition
This article is part of the Insights Uncharted Brain series. Jill* looked drained as we sat down to speak about…
My work investigating the links between viruses and Alzheimer’s disease was dismissed for years – but now the evidence is building
This article is part of the Insights Uncharted Brain series. There are many competing theories about what causes Alzheimers disease.…
We’ve been studying the same people for 76 years – this is what we’ve found out about Alzheimer’s disease
This article is part of the Insights Uncharted Brain series. In March 1946, just months after the end of the…
Generation COVID: pregnancy, birth and postnatal life in the pandemic
What was it like to be pregnant, to give birth and to look after a baby in the middle of…
The future of periods can now be sustainable and cheap
The coronavirus pandemic has triggered what has been described as a sanitary pad crisis in India. Priya, a 14-year-old schoolgirl,…
Decades neglecting an ancient disease has triggered a health emergency around the world
New extensively drug-resistant variants of an ancient and deadly disease – typhoid fever – are spreading across international borders. Cases…
The human body has 37 trillion cells. If we can work out what they all do, the results could revolutionise healthcare
The average body contains about 37 trillion cells – and we are in the midst of a revolutionary quest to…
Long COVID: my work with sufferers reveals that western medicine has reached a crisis point
As I walked her up the flight of stairs to my clinic room, Victoria* barely engaged with my small talk.…
COVID variants: we spoke to the experts designing a single vaccine to defeat them all
SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, has turned the world upside down. Experts have predicted that it will claim the…