NHS staff sickness rates 1.5 times private sector level, health report finds

• More than 45,000 NHS workers a day report sick• Staff have higher levels of obesity and poor mental health

One in three nurses ‘do not want swine flu vaccine’

Initial response from frontline health staff dismissed by Department of Health as ill-informed

Side effects of the race to beat swine flu

Hugh Pennington: The big worry is that the government's exuberant use of Tamiflu will hasten the appearance and spread of resistant mutants

Children risk cancer by eating salami and ham, warns charity

Bad habits 'could lead to bowel disease in later life' says World Cancer Research Fund

Experts warned dispersal of Tamiflu would do more harm than good

Advisers suggested public should be told to take paracetamol, but government rejected advice

Call for alcohol laws as liver disease soars

Excessive drinking habits led to sharp rise in cases of cirrhosis in England over the past five years, health study finds

Let’s dance? We will if Arlene Phillips has her way

When the choreographer was made the government's new 'dance tsar' this week, people scoffed – but not all

First swine flu vaccinations on the way for more than 13m Britons

Vulnerable groups and health workers get priority as new figures indicate first wave of pandemic ending

This NHS row is paralysing progress

Zack Cooper: The US and UK should stop focusing on what's wrong with each other's healthcare and work out what they can teach each other

Thank heaven for the NHS

Michele Hanson: How dare the Republicans bad-mouth our free healthcare system? If I'd been born in the US, I'd probably be dead by now