The end of the handshake: saying hello during the coronavirus outbreak

Health officials suggest a wave, a pat on the back or even just a look in the eye are safer alternatives

From siestas to saunas: the 10 European wellbeing traditions everyone should try

The health benefits of the Mediterranean diet are well known – but have you considered fangotherapy, uitwaaien and fika?

From the Black Death to coronavirus: a brief history of quarantines

It has been used to contain epidemics for thousands of years – and is a crucial response to the current health crisis, too. But when did quarantining people begin?

The Victoria’s Secret ‘woke’ rebrand is only skin deep

Other lingerie brands have embraced less prescriptive beauty ideals and diversity. Victoria’s Secret is scrambling to keep up, says Priya Elan, the Guardian’s deputy fashion editor

Portugal considers subsidising UK tourists’ post-Brexit healthcare

Country considers continuing cover offered by European health insurance card

Girls beginning puberty almost a year earlier than in 1970s

Onset of glandular breast tissue development has shifted by three months per decade

We will end female genital mutilation only by backing frontline activists

From the Gambia to Kenya, FGM has been fought most successfully at grassroots level. The world must pay heed

We should celebrate the sex appeal of pregnant women, not shame them

Nothing makes me happier than seeing women such as Jodie Turner-Smith deem their bump a part of their body to show proudly, writes Yomi Adegoke

FGM doctor arrested in Egypt after girl, 12, bleeds to death

Child had been taken by her family to have the procedure, still prevalent in the country despite new laws to combat it

‘She can’t say no’: the Ugandan men demanding to be breastfed

A study is looking into the coercive practice in Uganda, amid calls for government to address the issue