Sir Colin Blakemore obituary

Neuroscientist, persuasive science communicator and advocate for rationality and openness

‘One woman took out 13 of her own teeth’: the terrifying truth about Britain’s dental crisis

In England, only a third of adults – and half of children – now have access to an NHS dentist. As those in pain turn to charity-run clinics for help, can anything stop the rot?

Last rites? Supermarkets’ annual Easter egg bonanza to end

Shoppers may soon have to hunt for chocolate eggs as anti-obesity law dictates how and where unhealthy foods can be sold

Headaches: are you one of the one in six people suffering today?

Study finds 7% of global population experience migraine and 9% a tension-type headache on any given day

Mothers and newborns kept apart unnecessarily in hospital due to Covid

Birth charities call for update of ‘draconian’ rules that isolate maternity patients from babies and leave women traumatised

South Korea should fund hair loss treatment, says election hopeful in bald bid for power

Proposal for hair regrowth on public healthcare insurance by Lee Jae-myung criticised as populist by opponents

Anti-obesity scheme to offer voucher rewards for healthy living

Government to launch pilot in England in January, aimed at motivating people to lose weight

Spike by Jeremy Farrar and Anjana Ahuja; and Vaxxers by Sarah Gilbert and Catherine Green – review

Two urgent and fascinating accounts from the frontlines show how scientists succeeded, and failed, at saving us from Covid-19

Thousands of work-related Covid deaths going unreported, says TUC

Unions believe data showing just 2.5% of working-age Covid deaths are work-related is ‘not credible’

Coronavirus: tips for a safer Christmas

Well-ventilated homes, guest cutlery, picnics and deferral until midsummer among advice for tweaking the traditional festival