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Dr Prit Buttar says he was humbled by the social media response after he comforted a bereaved woman.

Epidemiologist Professor Mike Tildesley says we could be seeing the Omicron wave turning around.

More than half of schools had teachers absent due to Covid-19 during the first full week of term.

People can now stop quarantining earlier - as long as they produce negative lateral flow tests.

BBC Reality Check answers your vaccine concerns - from pregnancy fears to production speed.

Teenagers in England who had their second dose three months ago can book from Monday, the NHS says.

He nearly died after being given fake medicines. Now, his invention can spot them.

After a viral hot mic moment, here's how Fauci's frustration has been building for the last two years.

While case numbers are high, they are falling, but deaths are rising week on week, figures show.

The mum-to-be from Wolverhampton said she was so unwell she did not know her baby was stillborn.

A five-year-old boy with autism is now thriving at school, despite the impact of lockdown.

Health advisors say vaccines give them confidence that most people will not become severely ill with Covid.

Restrictions will lift gradually, with sports fans returning, followed by hospitality back to normal.

A bigger proportion of deaths recorded in the daily data are people who died with Covid, rather than from it.

An average of more than 7,000 NHS staff were off work every day over the past week, according to official figures.

The virus is causing some to develop fevers but not serious illness, experts say.

The family will have the "biggest party ever" for Kylie Weatherby, who had twins in the US in May.

The scientists say their discovery accurately predicts if the cancer is unlikely to spread.

Eluned Morgan's comments come as the Welsh government reviews restrictions imposed in December.

Researchers find vaccination in pregnancy does not increase the risk of complications, but Covid-19 does.

The professor's colourful analogies helped explain coronavirus during Downing Street news briefings.

Health Secretary Sajid Javid says people in England can end isolation after two negative tests on day six.

Watch the best bits from England's deputy chief medical officer, who's announced he's stepping down.

One in 20 has been waiting - for routine care such as knee and hip surgery - for more than a year.

It is hoped the pills will reduce the number of people put in hospital by the virus.

The National Care Forum says sickness rates due to Omicron are compounding existing staff shortages.

"You shouldn't focus on what it is that you're losing, but what you want to gain in your life."

Doctors in NHS Lanarkshire will suspend some GP services in order to prioritise those most in need.

Hospital admissions with the virus in the UK - the key measure - appear to have already plateaued.

The Ministry of Defence is considering a request to send up to 150 personnel to Northern Ireland.

How is a hospital coping with Covid admissions, staff off sick and winter pressures?

Seth Burke tested positive days after becoming the first wheelchair user sworn into the Welsh Youth Parliament.

Piotr Pokrzywnicki discovered that he had kidney failure after his whole body became swollen.

As with Covid, most children have mild symptoms but a small number need hospital treatment.

The unvaccinated represent 15% of the population, but over half of all hospital admissions.

Dr Hans Kluge says a "west-to-east tidal wave" of the coronavirus variant is sweeping across the region.

David Bennett, 57, is the first person in the world to receive a heart transplant from a genetically-modified pig.

Although still an exception, vaccine hesitancy cases like the tennis star Novak Djokovic, show that athletes are not immune to disinformation, experts say.

A tribunal finds that autographing two patients' organs is a "gross violation" of their "dignity".

A positive lateral flow result can now be taken as a first and final confirmation that you have Covid.

In a world first, a pig heart has been successfully transplanted into a human by surgeons in the US.

Autumn Bradley, 15, was not eligible for NHS funding for surgery to correct sunken chest syndrome.

Experts and politicians say Scotland needs to learn to live with Covid for the "foreseeable future".

Poppy says she was "over the moon" when a charity announced it was able to make wigs from her hair.

As symptoms of the six most deadly cancers are revealed, a taskforce says early diagnosis is vital.

An intensive-care doctor challenged the health secretary over mandatory vaccination - are his claims right?

Boris Johnson talks about the possibility of cutting the Covid isolation period from seven days to five.

Researchers say immune cells made to defend the body against some colds could help stave off Covid.

One in 10 staff members are still unvaccinated at one London hospital ahead of new rules, its head says.

Most pregnant women admitted to hospital with Covid are unvaccinated, a government campaign says.