Health

The chancellor decided that too many Germans were skiving, so he tried to change the rules. But it didn’t work

Fresh analysis of dietary trials raises some awkward questions about UPFs and evidence-based science

Huge amounts of narcotics are being shipped from South America to Australia, via the small Pacific island nations. That trade is leaving a trail of dirty money and social disaster in its wake

A 79-year-old US man with weight problems was given priority access to a powerful new injectable treatment in April. Who could it have been?

The US is not allowing anyone with ebola into the country, so the government has built a treatment centre for Americans in Kenya. It’s the one nation in the region that’s clear of the disease. Locals are not happy

Online spaces are being colonised by those hoping to profit from the lack of information and help available in women’s healthcare

Decisions taken by the department he led to reduce aid to Africa have made the current Ebola outbreak worse. The total effect of what he did will be catastrophic

African governments always knew western aid came with strings attached. When the US, UK and France cut their aid budgets, the time had come for a change. The results could transform the continent

Whenever something bad happens, it always has to happen to us. Haven’t we been picked on enough already?

A shiny set of evenly-spaced gnashers used to be a sign of wealth and status. Not any more

The warming climate is pushing disease-carrying insects as far north as the Arctic – with unsettling implications for Europe

Paid surrogacy is banned in Australia. But the consequences for women in other, poorer nations are terrible, and that raises questions about the nature of parenthood itself

An outbreak of the disease in Kent highlights the importance of challenging the misleading stories that are beginning to emerge about Covid

European funds can now be used to provide abortion across the continent. Campaigners have faced personal and political obstacles fighting for this result. Has a real moment of change arrived?

The disposable nappy is a hugely important labour-saving invention. But it is also an environmental disaster that is now worn by toddlers

The Reform party now contains a group of prominent christian conservatives who have learned from the US that the way to ban abortion is through the slow erosion of rights

The Wellcome Sanger – half academic research institute, half industrial laboratory – is perfectly positioned to produce socially useful applications for discoveries

Going out every night, dancing around the flat listening to Bad Bunny, the cinema – none of it does any good. Perhaps the secret to dealing with seasonal misery is just to lean into it

The UK’s first safer drug consumption facility finally opened its doors in January 2025. In a year, it has saved scores of lives and helped the UK’s most stigmatised community feel connected again. So why is it still plagued by controversy?

The worry has been that the president might try to stay for a third term. But he’s declining so fast it’s not even clear he will finish his second

Last April’s Supreme Court ruling left a community shocked almost into silence. This is what they have to say about fear, defiance and the future

Former Newsnight journalist Deborah Cohen’s new book explores how influencer culture and wellness marketing have created a boom market in dodgy health advice

I had a large wound with a machine attached to it, but for some reason the doctors couldn’t help. I was assertive and received help – but it shouldn’t have to be that way

When it’s freezing and dark, there’s only one thing Icelanders want to do – take all their clothes off and jump in an outdoor pool

The government thinks neurological conditions are being “over-pathologised” and the Tories that mental health diagnoses are costing too much money in benefits payments. Why are they so clueless?

If you want to get near the US president, your face has to fit. And if it doesn’t, sorry - it’s time to go under the knife

It’s time to protect British science from political interference. Just look at who’s leading in the opinion polls

The more Kim Leadbeater’s bill is subjected to close scrutiny, the worse it looks

The symptoms of the menopause are often severe and help can be thin on the ground. Well done Wes Streeting for finally doing something about it

Starting with Jennifer Lawrence’s Die My Love, a new wave of women-led films is showing what it really means to come undone

Trump’s abandonment of vaccine research weakens our defences for the next pandemic. Now Britain must step up

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