UK medicines agency seizes HIV home-test kits over false result risk

More than 100 Hightop kits, which have not met EU regulations, seized as agency warns consumers against using them

UK families could get money off shopping bills if they hit exercise goals

NHS ‘healthy towns’ scheme could offer rewards such as free cinema tickets in attempt to reduce lifestyle-related illnesses

MSPs condemn exam board after Kyle Gunn, who has cerebral palsy, informed he would be denied journalism qualification

Figures obtained by Labour reveal ‘appalling’ treatment of women, largely due to staff shortages and lack of beds and cots

All-party inquiry demonstrates benefits to health and wellbeing of the arts, leading to fall in hospital admissions

Female life expectancy is now 83 years but many women will spend a quarter of their lives in ill-health, finds report

Diana Johnson has long been calling for justice over the NHS’s worst treatment disaster. She writes about the announcement of an inquiry

British people consume 2.1 alcoholic drinks every day on average, above the threshold that increases risk of cancer

Prime minister ‘will regret’ move to slash number of primary school children eligible for free meals, says chef