Entries by BBC News - Health

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.

Covid: Was Matt Hancock right to push for schools to close?

The move had huge costs - socially, emotionally and academically, so could schools have been kept open?

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.

Boy recreates his gran’s 1955 photos to help her with Alzheimer’s

Philip Loveday follows in his grandmother's footsteps to snap London's famous landmarks 70 years on.

Tory v Tory: Badenoch and Nokes in menopause debate

Two Conservative MPs clash in a committee debate on whether the menopause is a disability.

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.

China Covid: How is it tackling the latest surge in cases?

China is ramping up its vaccination programme in response to the latest wave of Covid.

Covid: Why are some places testing Chinese arrivals?

Beijing is finally opening its borders - but some countries are wary of a Covid threat.

UK Covid modelling data to stop being published

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