The number of under s struggling with poor health is rising and it’s a threat to the economy.

   Dr Hilary Cass says adults who deliberately spread false information are putting young people at risk.

   They were given infected blood products in trials without their knowledge, the BBC has found.

   Specialist clinics are helping increasing numbers of young ketamine users with damaged bladders.

   The regulator calls the data a wake up call , and says parents and industry need to do more.

   We asked some GPs what they thought of other professionals taking on their responsibility for sick notes.

   Younger women could benefit from targeted interventions to tackle the apparent rise, researchers say.

   The implentation of a UK childhood stroke registry is critical, a paediatric consultant says.

   The football commentator pays tribute to a speech therapist who helped him talk again after surgery.

   The government wants to stop people smoking by raising the legal age limit for buying cigarettes.

   The doctor who gave Colin Smith imported blood products broke his NHS department’s guidelines.

   Severely obese pre schoolers in Somerset are among the first to receive NHS weight management help.

   Physical punishment at home can have a lasting impact and end in abuse, children’s doctors warn.

   BBC News analysis reveals wide variation across England in waits for planned hospital treatment.

   Thousands were infected with HIV and hepatitis C, in the worst treatment disaster in NHS history.

   The prescription drug has been linked to a number of deaths in the UK and around the world.

   Many countries have legalised assisted dying, assisted suicide or euthanasia, which are different.

   Cannabis vapes are being sold containing the dangerous animal tranquiliser xylazine, experts say.

   The government will introduce a new vaping tax on top of measures to stop children vaping.

   The appeal is clear but should we be turning to appetite suppressing injections

   The BBC asked two junior doctors in England to show us their payslips and reveal their salaries.

   Those most at risk from Covid across the UK are being offered a spring booster by the NHS.

   No Covid restrictions are in place across the UK, so how should you manage having it

   Moderna is hoping to make its Covid jab available privately in the UK.

   The ex children’s commissioner in England says most senior officials did not put children first.

   There were more flu deaths than Covid ones last winter but for some, the fear remains. Why

   They say they are disabled after catching Covid at work, with no protection from employers.

   Victoria Atkins is challenged to name some health trusts meeting their targets to cut waiting lists.

   People living with alopecia could have access to treatment on the NHS in Scotland for the first time.

   The PM says he tries to fast at the start of the week so he can indulge in his weakness for sugary things on other days.

   A group of teenagers in Fife have been making a documentary about the impact of disposable vapes.

   The BBC’s Kirsten Campbell outlines what can be expected during three weeks of evidence held in Edinburgh.