Call to ban cars nears schools to tackle obesity

Car exclusion zones should be set up around schools to help tackle obesity and climate change, a new report suggests.

Mental health services are failing the elderly

· Most with dementia or depression not diagnosed · Age discrimination a major problem, says study

Pirbright worker contracts legionnaires’ disease

Officials say lab at centre of foot and mouth outbreak is possible source of contamination.

Full text: HPA statement

The Health Protection Agency's statement on a reported case of legionnaires' disease with alleged links to the Institute of Animal Health at Pirbright.

Medical research head hits back at MPs

The Medical Research Council's chairman has spoken out for the first time against MPs who said he was unfit for his job.