Prof Dame Lesley Regan was appointed to support the Women's Health Strategy implementation in England.
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There were 82,592 cases of gonorrhoea in 2022 - up 50% on the year before, officials say.
The mother of a five-year-old boy speaks of his care at an under-fire children's ward.
But others warn that could stop some adults giving up cigarettes, which are much more harmful.
The recruitment of nurses by high-income countries is "out of control", a nursing body says.
Kieron Banks was found with more than 23,000 sleeping pills, the medicines regulatory body says.
"Possible gross negligence manslaughter" is being investigated after a baby died, police say.
Charlie Puplett first went to her GP with common signs of colon cancer, but was not diagnosed for a year.
Women in Sudan's few remaining maternity wards are having babies to the sound of gunfire.
Olivia Maunder was told her pain was psychological by doctors at Frimley Park Hospital.