Stem cells have become "grandparents" after generations of life were created in experiments by scientists in Japan.

Britons were less likely to adopt "social distancing" techniques during the 2009 swine flu pandemic than people in several other countries, a survey suggests.

Taxes may need to be raised to help the NHS avoid making cuts to front-line services, the new leader of the British Medical Association has suggested.

A man is being treated for Crimean Congo Viral Haemorrhagic Fever - a deadly tropical disease - in complete isolation in a Glasgow hospital.

Doctors and hospitals are being urged to stop using medical products from a firm linked to a widening outbreak of a rare form of fungal meningitis.

Stoke City becomes the first Premier League club to actively address the issue of depression in football, with the help of former striker Vincent Pericard.

A recovering heroin addict told 5 live that government advice about anthrax risks to users would fall on deaf ears.

Doctors' pay should be frozen for the third year in a row, the body NHS Employers says.