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Briefing: Looking after No 1

A £670m Labour proposal to provide free home care for 280,000 of the most needy has brought accusations of electioneering against Gordon Brown

Patients spreading drug-resistant swine flu strain

A strain that appears resistant to an antiviral has infected five patients at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff

Second conjoined twin 'waking slowly'

Krishna bore more of the brunt of the surgery than her sister Trishna who is already awake and talking to guardians

Fake medicines seized as websites are shut down

Public warned of dangers of buying drugs on the internet as Interpol and MHRA launch co-ordinated raids in 24 countries

Scientists grow substitute skin from cells

French scientists have successfully coaxed master cells from human embryos to form immature skin cells to use for grafts

NHS cleaning contractors accused of blackmail

Three managers with ISS Mediclean, a cleaning contracter, have been arrested on suspicion of blackmailing foreign workers

Let NHS run itself, says former health chief

Politicians should focus on the wider issues such as assisted dying and stem cell research ethics, claims Lord Crisp

Brown's Exocet Bill is self-destructive

Gordon Brown’s Bill was designed to be eye-catching but months before an election it makes his promises look paper thin

Separated twin wakes up in hospital

Trishna has awoken for the first time since being separated from her conjoined twin Krishna during an operation in Melbourne

Swine flu vaccine for healthy young children

Government is set to announce UK-wide policy of offering vaccination to children with no underlying health issues

New discovery could help kill superbugs

A chemical compound that mimics the body’s defences by releasing Nitric Oxide could help hospitals wage war on MRSA and C. difficile

Men’s heavy drinking ‘is good for heart’

Research on 41,000 people in Spain showed that alcohol — in any quantity — was linked to a lower risk of heart disease

Women do less to cause the problem

Women are more ecologically responsible than men but they suffer more from the effects of global warming

New drug for Down’s learning difficulties

Trials show that L-DOPS could boost levels of the brain chemical norepinephrine, which is used to form short-term memories

Hospitals 'use ploys to beat 4-hour deadline'

A&E patients are often admitted to wards to allow hospital to hit government targets on waiting times, NHS figures suggest

Tan salon owner faces jail over girl's burns

Kirsty McRae, 14, was treated in hospital after suffering 70 per cent burns at an unmanned salon owned by James Hadley, 25

Statins ‘lower heart attack risk in women’

Trial shows drug can reduce the likelihood of cardiovascular event by half, even among those with healthy cholestrol levels

Private clinics suspended after two deaths

A new Government scheme to provide 'private care on the NHS' has been suspended after two patients die

Pregnant women reject swine flu vaccination

oll of doctors suggests that patients remain to be convinced that vaccination is safe and necessary