The noisy horns used by football fans celebrating the World Cup may spread diseases via fine droplets of saliva, say experts.

Rising numbers of parents are bypassing GPs and taking children to hospitals' A&E departments for non-emergency treatment, researchers say.

A charity says disabled people in Wales are being disadvantaged because the nation does not have an independent living strategy.

Trips to the theatre, concerts, art galleries and museums have been linked to better health and wellbeing, by researchers

A decision on when to destroy the last known stocks of live smallpox virus has been put off for another three years.

A GP has been given a written warning by the General Medical Council for suggesting to a patient that his faith could help cure him.

A woman turned up at a Kent accident and emergency department seeking treatment for a broken fingernail, an NHS trust reveals.

Men newly diagnosed with prostate cancer can help keep their disease at bay by taking brisk walks, claim researchers.