HPV vaccine: anger over decision not to extend NHS scheme to boys
Health bodies condemn panel’s conclusion that more jabs against cancer-causing infection are unlikely to be cost-effective
Arts can help recovery from illness and keep people well, report says
All-party inquiry demonstrates benefits to health and wellbeing of the arts, leading to fall in hospital admissions
Senior doctors call for public inquiry into use of vaginal mesh surgery in UK
Experts draw comparisons with the thalidomide scandal as they reveal that traumatic complications are more common than official figures suggest
HIV treatment has come a long way – but there’s still work to do
As a sexual health doctor I see a lack of funding threatens the treatment of sexually transmitted infections
Blood contamination has killed 2,400. Why was this disaster ignored for so long?
Diana Johnson has long been calling for justice over the NHS’s worst treatment disaster. She writes about the announcement of an inquiry
NHS attended to 9,000 FGM cases in England last year, report reveals
Report reveals slight drop on figures from 2016 – but Royal College of Nursing says number is not falling fast enough
Britons are among most at-risk in Europe for alcohol-related cancer
British people consume 2.1 alcoholic drinks every day on average, above the threshold that increases risk of cancer
Nervous about speaking to someone touched by serious illness? Here’s my advice
When my husband developed a life-threatening illness, my world fell apart – but I was saved by others’ kindness. Here’s my advice on how to help in this situation
Green dreams: the growing case for medical marijuana
Should medical cannabis be legalised? It makes sense to the woman with MS who pays £500 a month on it, and the neurologist whose patients resort to street drugs
Back, Sack & Crack (& Brain): a graphic memoir with balls
From his back to his stomach to his testicles, Robert Wells had been in pain for decades – but no one in the NHS believed him. So he turned it all into a hilarious graphic novel