Antidepressant use soars as the recession bites

Experts warn on 'quick fix' after a rise of 2.1m prescriptions in 2008

Further 150 swine flu cases confirmed in UK

Health Protection Agency said 141 cases were found in England, with 124 of those in the West Midlands

Yvonne Roberts: Budget management and hierarchies dominate a sector sorely in need of an injection of innovation from the bottom up

Mark Honigsbaum: Perhaps the alarm caused over swine flu will help us empathise with the victims of other diseases that are killing millions

Jennifer Cole: That the public is not panicking as the WHO raises the status of the outbreak to pandemic shows the success of our preparations

• Cluster around Dunoon appears to be spreading• UK total of swine flu cases now at 459

Welsh health minister considering options for compulsory vaccination as UK measles cases hit record high

Open thread: Debbie Purdy, who has multiple sclerosis, wants the law on assisted suicide to be clarified, but would it be open to abuse?

Sara Paretsky: Dr George Tiller's murder underlines there is no common ground with anti-abortion zealots

Edzard Ernst: Nice's recommendation of chiropractors for back pain overestimates the benefits and underestimates the risks