A holiday in Spain now means two weeks of quarantine on return to the UK to help stop the spread of coronavirus across borders.
A pet cat has tested positive in the UK for the strain of coronavirus that is causing the current pandemic.
Being obese or overweight puts you at greater risk of serious illness or death from Covid-19, experts say after examining existing studies.
Women who have Covid-19 are unlikely to pass on the infection to their babies during childbirth if precautions are in place, a small study suggests.
Restricting television viewing to two hours a day could prevent or delay poor health, according to a new study.
The UK government has signed deals for 90 million doses of promising coronavirus vaccines that are being developed.
England's contact tracers have only reached about 50% of people who have been in close contact with someone with Covid-19 in an area of Lancashire where new cases are rising.
Millions of people around the world could be exposed to dangerous levels of heat stress - a dangerous condition which can cause organs to shut down.
A major new study published in the Lancet medical journal suggests falling fertility rates mean nearly every country could have shrinking populations by the end of the century, and warns of a "jaw-dropping" impact on societies.
The UK could see about 120,000 new coronavirus deaths in a second wave of infections this winter, scientists say.