BBC: Health

• Cross-sex hormones for under 18s could be restricted or banned

  The government is "actively reviewing" private prescriptions of cross-sex hormones for under-18s, the High Court hears.

• Women with dense breasts should have extra NHS cancer scans, researchers say

  Additional scans better tailored to spotting cancer in dense breasts could treble detection rates.

• Scientists propose novel way of treating mosquitoes for malaria

  Normally the insects are targeted with insecticide, but US researchers say anti-malaria drugs absorbed through their legs can stop them spreading disease.

• West Nile virus detected in UK mosquitoes for first time

  A UK Health Security Agency spokesperson said the risk to the general public is "very low".

• World-first gonorrhoea vaccine launched by NHS England as infections soar

  The treatment will be offered to those most at risk from August after a record number of cases.