What exactly is freshers’ flu – and why do so many get it?
It's not an actual flu, and it's rarely serious, but when thousands of students arrive on campus they bring a cocktail of viruses.
Health
‘My eyesight might been saved if I’d gone to the optician sooner’
Gail Cairns started experiencing sight loss, headaches, and eye pain, but did not go to an optician when she first had symptoms.
Children harmed by decision to redeploy health visitors, Covid inquiry hears
Some children paid "the highest price" of death because of redeployments, says health visiting charity head.
EastEnders’ Kellie Bright on the challenges of being parent of an autistic child
The soap actor meets families fighting for their children’s education for BBC Panorama.
New online NHS hospital service by 2027, PM to promise
Patients will get the option of digital support when GPs refer them but only for certain conditions.
‘Why won’t anyone give my son access to healthcare?’
When Harry turned 18, he no longer had access to various healthcare services, his mum says.
Former England captain Moody reveals MND diagnosis
Former England captain Lewis Moody says in an exclusive BBC interview he has "a reluctance to look the future in the face".
Deaf people criticise hospital interpreter delays
A charity says it has had more than 100 complaints about a lack of interpreters at the hospital.
Pharmacies facing angry patients over Covid jab confusion
Up to half of patients coming to some pharmacies are being turned away because they are not eligible.
