Scientists have identified why a potentially promising class of drugs does not help people with multiple sclerosis.

Wales' outgoing top doctor urges a "healthy housing" strategy, as a NHS study is to look at whether home improvements can affect health.

Science journal Nature wins a long-running libel case, prompting campaigners to renew their calls for reforms to the libel law.

A US start-up releases its analysis of Prof Stephen Hawking's brainwaves, potentially paving the way to new speech synthesis equipment.

At least 42 people die over several days, as a heatwave brings record-breaking temperatures to swathes of the central and eastern US.

A mother from Northumberland gives birth to twins less than two hours apart in two different countries.

A children's ward at a West Lothian hospital will have limited weekday opening and be closed at weekends for the next three weeks.

A nurse denies she verbally abused a paralysed patient telling him to "shut up" and advised colleagues not to rush to revive another patient if he had a heart attack.