Health surveillance

Three in 10 (29%) people with a known medical condition have avoided seeing their GP or attending a hospital appointment...

With the arrival of viable Covid-19 vaccines, the UK is gearing up for perhaps the biggest mass vaccination programme in...

Research into the long-term effects of Covid-19 has found lung abnormalities three months after patients became infected with the virus....

Four in 10 men have put off seeing a doctor about a health concern or have had a health check...

Professional drivers face a greater risk of cancer because they are regularly being exposed to “hazardous” levels of diesel emissions...

Signs of damage to multiple organs have been detected in young and previously healthy people four months after they were...

The UK should put in place ‘Sustainable Workplace Health Strategies’ for each of its nations, the British Occupational Hygiene Society...

Hundreds of thousands of manufacturing workers with health conditions that can be exacerbated by poor air quality are being exposed...

Some 96,000 people are becoming infected with Covid-19 every day in England, researchers suggest.
According to the latest results of...

Women suffering from the intensely painful and potentially debilitating condition endometriosis are still waiting years for a proper diagnosis, and...

Research from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) has argued that people suffering from ‘long Covid’ – or often...

Governments across Europe are being urged to create a comprehensive strategy to tackle rheumatic and musculoskeletal conditions, which currently affect...

The propotion of workers taking time off because of poor mental health has fallen to 28% from 36% last year,...

MPs have said there is a ‘compelling case’ for weekly testing of NHS staff to stop the health service becoming...

Oral lesions and skin rashes could be another potential symptom of Covid-19 for clinicians and healthcare professionals to look out...