The mRNA technology behind coronavirus vaccines is now being used to create bespoke vaccines for cancer patients.

Chronic loneliness can increase cortisol and inflammation and weaken your immune system, says social scientist Kasley Killiam. She argues it’s time to accept that good quality social connections are a fundamental human need.

Diagnosing patients when there aren’t effective treatments to give them can make their symptoms worse, argues neurologist Suzanne O’Sullivan.