Health Check

Mpox widens its reach


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As mpox continues to spread to new places, we find out how the vaccine rollout is going and what more needs to be done to help both contain and better understand the virus.

Also on the show; why the first medication approved to treat schizophrenia in decades has the world of psychiatry excited, and how finding out what doesn’t work in health care can be just as useful as knowing what does. Plus, can laughter help treat dry eye disease?

Presenter: Claudia Hammond

Producer: Margaret Sessa-Hawkins and Katie Tomsett

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