Sexual healing
Clinics which treat STDs are chronically underfunded. But some find it convenient to blame the small number of refugees who use them, writes Sarah Boseley.
Clap if you’re proud to be safe
David Aaronovitch: We are having sex with more and more people. Trouble is, we've forgotten how to be careful.
Call for an end to cot death court anguish
As Trupti Patel is cleared of killing her babies, experts urge overhaul of way bereaved mothers are treated.
Court win for fathers in MMR jabs fight
Judge tells two mothers their daughters must have vaccine.
The Guardian Profile: John Reid
Cabinet hard man and Blair's political bullet-catcher.
The Guardian Profile: Alan Milburn
Belligerent Blairite committed to the controversial reform of the NHS
Responses to John Reid’s appointment as health secretary
David Hinchliffe, chairman of the Commons health select committee"I look forward to having some robust exchanges with him as I did with Alan. John is someone I've always got on with. You would need to ensure at ministerial level that they know what they're doing. I'm not saying John doesn't, but he's got no direct experience of health as far as I know except in Scotland and Northern Ireland. In Northern Ireland, they have health and social services boards - a different structure. Whether he would be favourably inclined to something like that [in England] remains to be seen."