Mixing a Super Bowl of manipulation
Melissa McEwan: An anti-abortion ad, to be shown to millions during American sports' prime time, hinges upon a deliberate distortion
Dying for affordable healthcare — the uninsured speak
Ed Pilkington travels to Quindaro, Kansas, to see how the poorest survive without healthcare provision
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
Is public healthcare in the UK as sick as rightwing America claims?
Denis Campbell and Girish Gupta assess the claims made by rightwing Americans about the failings of the NHS
‘Evil and Orwellian’ – America’s right turns its fire on NHS
The NHS has become the butt of increasingly outlandish political attacks in the US as Republicans and conservative campaigners rail against Britain's 'socialist' system
George Bush’s sex education failure
Melissa McEwan: Teenage pregnancies and STDs in the US are on the rise again, thanks to George Bush's abstinence-only obsession
Texting and driving don’t mix
Maura Kelly: Using your mobile while driving can be as dangerous as drinking alcohol. We should ban phones behind the wheel
Americans without health insurance
Data on medical insurance for Americans
Obama’s unhealthy opposition
Maggie Mahar: At yesterday's White House summit, the new president got a taste of the bitter health-reform battles that lie ahead