Polio has spread to China for the first time since 1999 after being imported from Pakistan, the World Health Organization confirms.

Exposure to heavy traffic fumes raises heart attack risk for the following six hours, researchers discover.

A survey of the emerging groups that will take over commissioning NHS care in England is highlighting fears about their size and budgets.

The health minister warns of difficult changes ahead for the NHS, staff and patients - and "flak" for politicians making the decisions.

An alcohol campaign group wants pubs and clubs in Wales to stop promoting high caffeine energy drinks as mixers for spirits.

A diabetic dog finds a new home in Aberdeenshire - with twin girls aged eight who have the same condition.

There are more than 500 avoidable deaths in emergency care in London hospitals every year, a report finds.

Terminally-ill people have begun receiving letters warning them their benefits could be cut in April, even though Parliament has yet to approve the changes.