LazyTown and Sportacus join drive to improve children’s health

Tories to use cult television programme to promote physical activities and attack junk food

Health bill means service will be forced to compete with private firms

Dr Mark Porter warns that introducing competition means private firms will be able to cherrypick patients with easy complaints

NHS shakeup risks return to 1930s, warns leading doctor

Reforms means service will be 'tattered safety net' for patients with complex illnesses, says Dr Mark Porter

Forests U-turn – the Tories should have known better

Alexander Chancellor: I am shocked and amazed David Cameron couldn't see the wood for the trees when it came to selling off Britain's forests

Alcohol abuse: More aid for sufferers could save NHS £1.7bn

Report calls for counsellors and advisors in hospitals, claiming presence would save £3 for every £1 invested

Flu breakthrough promises a vaccine to kill all strains

British team's success with jab that targets proteins common to every type of flu virus

Jonathan Grimshaw: ‘I tested HIV positive in 1984’

Jonathan Grimshaw was one of the first men to be infected by HIV in Britain. He talks to Simon Garfield about survival and the illness that has become his life's work

Flu death toll more than doubles to 112

Health Protection Agency says majority of deaths occurred in December and outbreak may be beginning to plateau