A new global report has found that tuberculosis is once again the leading infectious disease causing mortality around the globe, as covid cases recede. We find out what can be done to tackle the issue, and what lessons have been learned in the fight against this pernicious, but largely curable, illness. Also on the show, are we seeing the first cases of locally transmitted Mpox outside of the African continent? And FND, or functional neurologic disorder – the most common disorder you’ve probably never heard of. Image Credit: KATERYNA KON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY
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Hello and welcome to Health Check from the BBC.
I'm Claudia Hammond and for the next half an hour, I'll have the latest discoveries on the body and the mind, and later on, the mysterious links between the two.
We'll be discussing a common neurological condition you might never even have heard of, which can leave you having seizures or even paralysed.
What should we read into the spread of the new strain of MPOX within a household in the uk?
Is this the first case of domestic transmission outside Africa?
And if so, how significant is that?