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  Can we take happy Britons at face value?

  1 Dec 2011: Richard Wilkinson: The 1930s brought poverty but also better health – probably because inequality declined. Today's situation is rather different

• Patients physically harmed by NHS cuts and bad management, says surgeon

  1 Dec 2011: A devastating resignation email by a consultant orthopaedic surgeon has sparked inquiry

• Cocaine found on 11% of UK banknotes

  1 Dec 2011: Longer pub hours linked to rise in cocaine use among white men, government advisory council for the misuse of drugs is told

• Britons still happy despite financial woes, survey finds

  1 Dec 2011: Office for National Statistics finds that Britons rate their 'life satisfaction' at 7.4 out of 10, despite the looming recession

• World Aids Day – in pictures

  Gallery (10 pictures), 1 Dec 2011:

  Thirty years after the first documented cases of Aids, people around the world raise awareness and remember those who have died

• 'Tis the season to catch norovirus

  1 Dec 2011: Charles Ebikeme: This winter, avoid touching people and things if you want to avoid vomiting, diarrhoea and fever. Unless you're the lucky type

• HIV/Aids: We are all unprotected

  1 Dec 2011:

  Sarah Boseley: On World Aids Day, the Global Fund is collapsing. No fund means millions more in sub-Saharan Africa and beyond at risk

• Miscarriage and health risk warning over excessive coffee consumption

  1 Dec 2011: Pregnant women asked to monitor coffee habits after research finds single cup can contain unsafe levels of caffeine

• World Aids day: 20 years of HIV data mapped

  Interactive, 1 Dec 2011:

  The UNAIDS data shows that 2.7 million people were newly infected with HIV in 2010, down from 3.2 million in 2001. We have mapped the prevalence of people with HIV over the world over the past 20 years, so you can see the patterns of the change.

• HIV risk to patients from infected health workers 'extremely low'

  30 Nov 2011: Restrictions on NHS workers with HIV could be relaxed after a review finds extremely low risk of disease passing to patients

• Tell us about your drug use - legal and otherwise

  30 Nov 2011: Prescription drug abuse if rife, perhaps even at epidemic levels. That's why we really need a clearer picture of who is using what, and when and why. Please read about our drug use survey

• Public sector strikes 'a damp squib', says Cameron - video

  Video (1min 18sec), 30 Nov 2011:

  The prime minister told parliament that the government's planned public sector pension reforms are essential and that strike action has been 'something of a damp squib'. David Cameron said on pensions it was 'hard to imagine a better deal than this' and reminded those taking industrial action that negotiations are still ongoing

• Afghanistan life expectancy rising as healthcare improves, survey shows

  30 Nov 2011: Better access to healthcare in last decade has resulted in Afghans living longer and the infant mortality rate being cut

• Cameron attacks 'leftwing' Miliband over public sector strike - video

  Video (1min 25sec), 30 Nov 2011:

  Speaking during the weekly prime minister's questions in the House of Commons, David Cameron accuses the Labour leader of performing a policy reversal

• Strike during negotiations 'irresponsible', says Francis Maude - video

  Video (1min 34sec), 30 Nov 2011:

  Francis Maude thanks civil servants who are working, and says significantly fewer than a third are on strike

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