Health Check
Hosted by Claudia Hammond · BBC World Service
4.8from 138 ratings
- 325
- Episodes
- 35
- Transcribed
- 138
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2019
- First episode
About Health Check
Health issues and medical breakthroughs from around the world.
- Publisher
- BBC World Service
- Category
- health & fitness
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 3 Jul 2019
- Latest episode
- 4 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
35 of 325 episodes have a transcript.
4 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
The challenges of thalidomide-related disabilities and age
28 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
First human case of Shamonda virus
21 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Solving the mystery of allergies
Inside a recent episode
The challenges of thalidomide-related disabilities and age
Published 4 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] It is down to courage because we know it's going to be tough on us. We already suffer and we already feel older than our age is. I mean, like our body is about 85 to 90 years old, the doctor says. So it's used as an 85 year old body. So you can imagine this. We have to learn to live with that. […]
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Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Camilla Mota
- Fiona Wood
- Matthew Fox
- Jeffrey Huang
- Paul Cohen
Reach and audience
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.7 / 5
- 81 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 57 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 54 / 100
A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.
- Quality
- 70
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 97
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- Guest appearances
- Does not typically book guests
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Who hosts Health Check?
Claudia Hammond host the show. Published by BBC World Service.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes weekly, based on its RSS feed.
Does Health Check take guests?
The show does not typically feature guests, based on episode analyses.
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