Entries by BBC News - Health

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.

Nitrous oxide: What is it and how dangerous is it?

How is laughing gas used and what does it do to your body?

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.

Isabel Oakeshott reveals why she leaked Matt Hancock’s WhatsApp messages

The journalist released WhatsApps she obtained while working on the former health secretary's book.

Covid origin: Why the Wuhan lab-leak theory is so disputed

The claim Covid-19 leaked from a Chinese laboratory dates from early in the pandemic. Here's what we know.

UK Covid modelling data to stop being published

The UK Health Security Agency says it will halt publishing the figures from early January.