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A clinical trial is set to test whether Covid-19 drug remdesivir may also be able to alleviate or even cure the symptoms of long Covid.

Long-term sickness is driving more women and young men especially out of the workforce, SOM, the Society of Occupational Medicine,...

Long Covid can cause damage to multiple organs, with the lungs especially likely to show abnormalities, according to research.
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Millions of people are living with a combination of chronic pain and mental health symptoms, according to research.
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People with heart failure are being left at risk of dying because of a 90-day “wait-and-see” policy on fitting implantable...

The UK Health Security Agency has urged students to make sure they have been fully vaccinated against meningitis and other diseases.

Scientists have identified 11 key risk factors for dementia in later life, including age, education and deprivation but also health...

A study is underway to try to understand why people with sleep apnoea are more likely to die from heart...

Younger people with liver disease are currently waiting months longer for transplants than patients aged over 60.

Divorced men with type 1 or 2 diabetes are at the highest risk of having some or all of their feet and legs amputated.

As many as 9.1 million people in England are projected to be living with major health conditions such as diabetes,...

Living in poverty with a lung condition doubles the risk of an emergency hospital admission, an analysis by the charity...

Occupational health practitioners in London need to be on the alert for potential signs of measles among young workers, especially...

Research has questioned guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) that people with chronic fatigue syndrome...

Barely one in 10 of disabled employees (9%) reports having had a positive experience of occupational health, a damning report has concluded.