England’s chief medical officer says further deaths from swine flu without underlying health problems cannot be ruled out but will be rare.

The threshold for being overweight and obese should be lowered for British Asians, international experts say.

Four years after Jamie Oliver’s campaign to get better foods into schools, many canteens are complying, but the number of students eating the healthier meals has dropped significantly.

The House of Lords is to debate an amendment to the law on assisted suicide - which would allow relatives who accompany terminally ill family members to clinics abroad.

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society is warning about the dangers of buying Tamiflu online without a prescription.