Sarah Boseley
Sarah Boseley is the health editor of the Guardian. She has won a number of awards for her work on HIV/Aids in Africa, including the One World Media award (twice) and the European section of the Lorenzo Natali prize, awarded by the European commission. She is also the author of The Shape We're In: How Junk Food and Diets Are Shortening Our Lives, published by Guardian Faber
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Latest battle in food wars shows how passionate debate can be and how hard it is to reach any sort of simple truth
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Doctors are struggling to understand the mosquito-borne virus that causes brain damage in unborn children, while pregnant women in the slums cannot afford the insect repellent that may prevent it. This is now a global health threat
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International commission urges complete reversal of repressive drug policies imposed by most governments
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‘Healthy’ drinks marketed to children often contain as much sugar in one portion as a child should consume in a day, say researchers
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Director general says necessary to shift from looking at individual cases to planning for impact of thousands of babies requiring care
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Lancet study that analysed 2013-14 French Polynesia outbreak finds more evidence of link between virus and birth defect
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Findings published as experts warn that paralysing illness could overwhelm intensive care wards of Latin America
Global life expectancy increases to 71.4 years