Health Check

As covid cases rise new recommendations from European health agencies back over 60s to get boosted. Studio guest Professor Monica Lakhanpaul from University College London explains that this is before the rollout of updated vaccines to target specific variants. Monica also discusses her own research with village communities in India working to benefit infant nutrition. Also, with the numbers of teenagers experiencing mental health difficulties rising in many parts of the world some schools have turned to mindfulness classes. But how effective are they? Co-author Professor Willem Kuyken discusses the results of the long awaited eight year study. Plus is there such a thing as too much confidence? Presenter: Claudia Hammond Producer: Erika Wright (Picture: Multiple vials of booster vaccine on a conveyor belt in a pharmaceutical factory. Photo credit: SDI Productions/Getty Images.)