Dear Nigel Farage – children will play if we close roads, not borders
The Ukip leader should beware misplaced nostalgia (even if he denies it). Traffic and computers better explain the lack of football games in the street
Outlaw ‘designer vagina’ surgery, say MPs
Home affairs committee says FGM Act should be expanded to cover cosmetic procedures that have no medical purpose, though government says this is already covered in law
Will the US ever pass a new chemical safety law?
Senators have introduced dueling bills to revamp a 39-year-old law regulating chemicals in the US, pitting environmentalists against businesses
‘Disease is no longer a problem’ claims deadly bacteria
Dean Burnett: Following Nigel Farage’s lead, medicine and healthcare have been described as unnecessary by several deadly diseases
So homeopathy can help cure TB? Tell that to my sick patients
When politicians call for homeopathy and other alternative treatments to get government money, they’re promoting quackery and wasting desperately-needed funds
Furness hospital’s ‘lethal mix’ of failings led to deaths of 12, report says
Report finds ‘failures at almost very level’ including midwives on ‘seriously dysfunctional’ maternity ward known as ‘musketeers’ due to their cavalier attitude
Lucy Glennon: what her life tells us about the real effects of cuts for disabled people
The writer and disability activist has died at the age of 29, having faced the excruciating pain of her condition with bravery and humour. But she also had first-hand experience of how welfare rules are making life tougher for the most vulnerable
Sex education should be mandatory in all schools, MPs demand
Ministers scolded for lack of addressing inadequate teaching despite huge demand from teachers, parents and students
Scientists urge action on obesity in women to cut risks to babies
Children of obese mothers may be more likely to develop heart disease, have a stroke or develop type 2 diabetes, according to major European study
David Cameron wants the obese to feel worthless. So much for his big society
Those who would like to see themselves as morally superior on the basis of their waistline are now given free licence to express their disgust for the fat