Another school shuts as UK swine flu toll rises

More than 1,000 pupils to be treated with Tamiflu as GCSE and AS-level exams are cancelled

Rash actions and dire consequences

James Randerson: I'm furious – the selfish, wrong-headed beliefs of a few precious MMR refuseniks have put my daughter's life at risk

Up to 1.2 million could be hospitalised in Britain in event of pandemic

Guidance prepared by the Department of Health outlines the worst-case-scenario in swine flu pandemic

Don’t leave migration policy to the BNP

Michael Keith: As the election approaches Britain needs to address the tensions created by old equalities legislation and the contemporary realities of job competition amid recession

Swine flu is a headache for doctors

Ann Robinson: So far, the only symptom of the swine flu outbreak seen by most UK GPs is anxiety, but we could do with more guidance

Tony Smith

Obituary: Hugely prolific and fluent writer of medical journalism

Sheep’s head broth? Lovely

Review: The credit crunch has sparked a boom in thrift-lit, discovers Carole Cadwalladr, nowhere more so than in cunning ways to serve up leftovers

Gloom, not doom

A Field Guide to Melancholy by Jacky BowringSadness is good for you, finds Ian Pindar

Public Inquiry

Paul Gilbert is an author and professor of clinical psychology

C diff infections falling, say new figures

An 11% drop in cases of the superbug were recorded in the final quarter of last year, according to the Health Protection Agency