Conditions

More than a quarter of women make three or more visits to their GP before being referred for tests for an ovarian cancer diagnosis.

The Covid-19 pandemic has caused a protracted shock to life expectancy levels, leading to global mortality changes “unprecedented” in the...

An independent public inquiry into how the government handled the coronavirus pandemic began last week, led by Baroness Hallett, a...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has called for countries to take a more “sustained” approach to tackling long Covid.

A report says employers should have a bereavement policy in place, as the Covid-19 inquiry begins.

A quarter of employers are facing long Covid absence issues, as the number of people testing positive for the virus...

Eating within a restricted time window during the day may help improve shift workers' health, a study has found.

Nearly one in 10 women say they have never checked their breasts for changes, potentially  missing symptom of breast cancer.

New ONS figures in September 2022 show a significant proportion of over-50s are leaving work because of ill health.

The cost of living crisis is causing more asthma attacks as people cut back on heating their homes and using their inhalers.

Sickness absence among bus and rail workers has increased 42% since 2019.

Construction sites could be inspected by the HSE as part of a campaign to raise awareness of health and safety issues.

A local council in Wales has been urged to improve its sickness absence levels after recording what has been described as a “shocking” absence rate.

This year, the change of seasons will bring about even more employee wellbeing issues than usual, fuelled by the cost...

The HSE is launching a wearables-based research project to better understand Covid-19 transmission by studying physical interactions at work.