BBC Health
- Gene therapy: ‘Now I can see my own face again’
Jake Ternent was the first UK NHS patient to undergo revolutionary gene therapy to improve his sight. - NHS England boss Stevens to step down this summer
After seven years in the job Sir Simon will now become a life peer, the government says. - Free e-cigarettes for smokers in A&E trial
Patients will be selected randomly to measure how successful vaping can be in helping people to quit. - India Covid: Hospitals overwhelmed as deaths pass 200,000
There are fears the real number is even higher, as hospitals continue to turn dying patients away. - ‘My doctor prescribed rambling for lockdown anxiety’
An 84-year-old widower expected to receive medication after he felt isolated during the pandemic. - Back to the office? Science reveals best desks to nab
Where you sit in an open-plan office can determine how content and productive you feel, researchers find. - Covid: One dose of vaccine halves transmission – study
People who get coronavirus after their first jab are up to 49% less likely to pass it on, research suggests. - Covid vaccine: Sore arm and headache most common side effects
A UK study of more than 600,000 people found reactions to the jabs were “mild and short-lived”. - Teen girl footballers have double concussion risk of boys
But girls are less likely to be taken off the pitch and take longer to recover, a study finds. - Covid: Three cases of Indian variant found in Leicester
The cases are linked to travel from India and further testing is being carried out at a city school.