The number of deaths worldwide from malaria has been underestimated, according to data published in the medical journal the Lancet.

The Royal College of GPs calls for the health bill to be scrapped, heaping more pressure on the government's controversial reforms in England.

The chairman of a hospital trust that closed an emergency department and considered bringing in army medics is to stand down.

Research which suggests that patients are more likely to die in hospital if they are admitted at the weekend is backed up by a major study.

Three British men die and three more people remain in hospital after contracting Legionnaires' disease while on holiday in Spain, a tour company says.

Seven English NHS hospital trusts with debts caused, in part, by PFI repayments are to have access to a £1.5bn government bail-out fund.

A record number of potentially dangerous new legal highs were found in Europe last year, say doctors.

The Royal College of GPs calls for the health bill to be scrapped, heaping more pressure on the government's controversial reforms in England.