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
America’s healthy debate on food
Amanda Marcotte: Culture warriors try to cast anti-obesity advice as bossy elitism, but the bottom line is we all know we have a big problem