MMR jab should be compulsory for all children starting school, expert says
Welsh health minister considering options for compulsory vaccination as UK measles cases hit record high
The paradox of the sexes
Frank Fisher: Debate around the idea of a 'male pill' shows you can't easily allocate responsibility for contraception along gender lines
Nearly 5,000 children for every nurse
Despite government targets there is an acute shortage of school nurses, whose role seems more vital than ever. Lucy Tobin reports
Cereals laden with sugar, report warns
Breakfast cereals targeted at children not meeting government's healthy food targets, says Which?
Bonjela ulcer gels unsafe for children, says MHRA
Regulators warn treatment for mouth ulcers contains salicylate salts, which are linked to Reye's syndrome
Twins raise risk of postnatal depression
Birth association survey shows mothers of more than one baby almost twice as likely to suffer mentally
Adultish giggling
Rebecca Front: Bring on sex education at primary school, if it leads to parents who can say penis with a straight face
A cure for hysteria over cancer jab
Joan Smith: The publicity surrounding Jade Goody's illness and death has helped balance scare stories over a cervical cancer vaccine
Pre-watershed condom ads are counsel of despair
Michael White: There are better ways of reducing Britain's shocking teenage pregnancy rate than contraceptive messages at teatime
Cadbury and Mars ‘break promises’ on additives
As Easter is a movable feast, so too is the timing of the food industry's commitment to stop using azo dyes derived from tar and linked to hyperactivity and cancer