For healthcare.gov, insurance sign-ups are far from smooth sailing

Federal and state healthcare exchanges still have a long way to go before they're ready to handle another enrolment

Apple unveils move towards health and home in new iPhone software

Software will gather and store health-related data and offer integrated control for 'smart home' devices like lighting

American jails have become the new mental asylums – and you’re paying the bill

Thomas J Dart: How to fund real treatment, instead of turning would-be patients into expensive inmates

British FGM campaigner backs US campaign to raise awareness on cutting

Fahma Mohamed backs American petition started by Atlanta woman who suffered mutilation as a child in the Gambia

Virus experiments risk unleashing global pandemic, study warns

Benefits of scientific testing in the area are outweighed by risks of pathogenic strains spreading round world, say researchers

Buying sex toys doesn’t make a woman ‘lady crazy’. It makes you totally normal

Jessica Valenti: In states like Georgia, you can openly carry a gun, but you can't purchase a butt plug without a prescription

White House pushes universities to improve handling of sexual assault

Obama administration task force announces proposals after finding one in five students are the victim of assault

In California, Gwyneth’s ‘conscious uncoupling’ sounds as normal as any other new age fad

The Paltrow-Martin uncoupling met with little cynicism in California, where a new generation of 'gurus' have found success through association with celebrities

America’s universities: where you’re all too likely to be sexually assaulted

Sofie Karasek: How many more victims have to speak out before US universities and the federal government take meaningful action?

Spending more time in the dark could boost hearing in old age

Dana Smith: Hope for non-invasive treatment for age-related deafness as scientists find neurons can compensate for disability at any age