Health

There is, so far, no philosophical consensus about how we should go about our lives. We have to keep thinking for ourselves

Trump and Kennedy want a simple answer to this very complex problem. And it must be an answer that fits their scepticism of much mainstream medicine

Egged on by Trump and RFK Jr, a deadly blend of conspiracy theory and wellness woo-woo is going mainstream

Don't let Donald Trump’s med bed fiasco distract you from how AI is actually transforming medical care and the ethical issues it raises

Affecting one in six adults, obesity has doubled in France during the last 25 years

Crumbling hospitals and rock-bottom morale can’t be mended by crude league tables and dogma of the past

He went on stage at Reform’s conference and spouted delusional nonsense. But for the hard-right party, being anti-vaxx is considered a badge of honour

Digging into the detail and data to separate the noise from the news

The US health secretary seems unsure if Donald Trump's handling of Covid was a triumph or a disaster

Fentanyl, the synthetic opioid 50 times more potent than heroin, is posing a health crisis in the US. But the Trump administration are happy to pretend it isn't happening

Costly childcare and housing, short paternity leave, poor support for the self-employed - no wonder more people are choosing not to have babies

Stories about a Chinese ‘artificial womb’ seem more science fiction than fact – but reveal uncomfortable truths about the ethics of reproduction

Anti-vaccine lies mean the disease is now spreading in Britain, the US and around the world. And this is just the start

Ketamine use is spreading in Britain and the government has no plan to deal with it

If more Italian hospitals were made as welcoming as the Rizzoli, patients would be less scared to go inside in search of help

Weight loss jabs really can help people to slim down. But that’s when the problems start

Many of its own MPs won't support measures that could see some people lose £10,000 overnight

A crackdown on visas for so-called lower-skilled migrant workers will have a devastating effect on an already creaking sector

Current abortion law in Britain is just a series of loopholes. It’s time for new legislation, because, as the US example shows, women’s healthcare can quickly become a political target

Scaremongering and clumsy amendments should not stall the cause of helping the terminally ill to die with dignity

The diagnosis for cancer patients and researchers has got considerably worse since we left the EU. Does the government have the courage to act?

In a world reordered by Trump, The Handmaid’s Tale is now more relevant than Nineteen Eighty-Four

Two hours in a Tel Aviv hospital was enough to convince the right wing journalist that Israel's insurance-based healthcare is better than the NHS. But is it?

Nothing could prepare me for the experience of going to a gym sauna in the US

Trump, foreign aid cuts and anti-vax hysteria have set the world back. We are less prepared than we were in 2020

The EU bans around 1,000 chemicals from its food products due to health risk. In the US the number is just seven

Five years on from the first UK lockdown, 2020 feels alien compared to today

Wes Streeting has taken a scythe to the nation's health services. Will it work?

If you are neurodiverse, there’s a strong possibility that the health secretary doesn’t believe you

Despite a long history of vaccine misinformation, Robert F Kennedy Jr is still expected to come through a confirmation battle and become Donald Trump’s health secretary