Forty million smokers around the world could die from TB by 2050, research suggests.

Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust admits a memory stick containing the confidential medical details of 800 patients has been lost.

An ambulance service admits a dramatic increase in the numbers of suspected stroke and heart attack patients having to wait more than an hour for a vehicle to take them to hospital.

Thousands of health and education workers in Northern Ireland are taking part in a 24-hour strike over budget cuts.

A competition encouraging people to submit images of their sunburned bodies is branded "irresponsible" by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA).

A study has concluded that stress has become the number one cause of long-term workplace absence

Fears are being raised over a blurring of the lines between private and NHS care after news emerged of GPs targeting patients for private work.

A new campaign is being launched to try to rid the world of guinea worm.