Hospitals and Healthcare

With doctors twice as likely to die of suicide than the population average, three key changes are urgently needed

When we are overworked or bored, we may need to zoom into work instead of zoning out.

You're not on death's door, but your throat is scratchy and nose runny. Should you go to work? Here's what the experts have to say.

Most adults get two to three colds per year, while the flu is less common but more severe. Here's how to stop spreading them to others.

A shortage of healthcare workers poses an existential threat to public health systems the world over and Covid-19 is making the situation even more critical.

Even before the onset of Covid-19 universal healthcare services all over the world were facing an uncertain future because of critical imbalances between the demand and supply of essential frontline healthcare workers. Although the global pandemic has exacerbated the situation, structural problems such as a lack of long-term workforce planning, poor retention, the international mobility of health workers and retirement from an ageing workforce all pre-date it.

It can be tempting to 'chuck a wellie' when work is piling up as you sit at home. But what are the signs you actually well enough to be back in the office?

Many of our offices are filthy, which doesn't just trigger a sense of disgust but can make us sick.