James Gallagher

Health and Science Correspondent for BBC News and presenter of Inside Health on Radio 4.

Latest contributions

Atlas of cells transforms understanding of human body
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Health
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20 November
Sugar in first 1,000 days linked to poor health later
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Health
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31 October
First case of more spreadable mpox detected in UK
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Health
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30 October
Girl’s life saved by pioneering rare diseases study
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Health
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15 October
Nobel Prize goes to microRNA researchers
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Science & Environment
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7 October
Genetic ghosts suggest Covid’s market origins
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Health
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19 September
How worried should we be about mpox?
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Health
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22 August
Urgent action needed as malaria resists key drug
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Health
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18 July
'Supermodel granny' drug extends life in animals
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Health
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17 July
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DIY kits may see million more cervical-cancer tests
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Health
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17 July
How to pull off an election all-nighter
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Health
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4 July
I have £2.6m blood and it has 'cured' my haemophilia
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Health
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27 June
Global alert issued over fake Ozempic drugs - WHO
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Health
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20 June
What in the World. Why’s everyone talking about Ozempic and Wegovy? Audio, 15 minutes
Weight loss drugs are in demand - we explain why
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BBC World Service
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£8m Longitude Prize won for tackling superbug rise
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Health
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12 June
Tick attack: BBC hunts for tiny bloodsuckers as diseases rise
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Health
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8 June
Major cause of inflammatory bowel disease found
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Health
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5 June
Nobel Prize winners: 'I thought it was an anti-vaxxer prank'
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Health
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2 October 2023
Malaria vaccine big advance against child killer
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Health
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2 October 2023
Scientists discover how brain cells die in Alzheimer’s
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Health
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15 September 2023
Female surgeons sexually assaulted while operating
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Health
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12 September 2023
Scientists grow whole model of human embryo
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Health
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6 September 2023
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Can this laboratory help stop the next pandemic?
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Health
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7 August 2023
How hot is too hot for the human body?
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Health
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30 July 2023

Atlas of cells transforms understanding of human body
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Health
Posted
20 November
How to pull off an election all-nighter
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Health
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4 July
Million-year-old viruses help fight cancer - scientists
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Health
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15 April 2023
Are weight-loss injections the answer to obesity?
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Health
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19 March 2023
What's the least exercise we can get away with?
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Health
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4 March 2023