Controversial research into making bird flu easier to spread in people is to resume after a year-long hiatus.

Women smoking nowadays are far more likely to die as a result of their habit than they were in the 1960s, according to a new study.

The NHS and social care budgets in England should be combined to create a super pot to meet the needs of the ageing population, Labour says.

The Scottish NHS could save £26m a year without affecting patient care, the country's spending watchdog says.

Scientists studying rats find enzymes that normally digest food can eat through intestinal walls and attack other organs when the body is weakened.

The rise in drug resistant infections is comparable to the threat of global warming, according to the chief medical officer for England.

A drug that can potentially cause cancer in humans may have entered the food chain through horses slaughtered in UK abattoirs, Labour claims.

Hospitals in England providing specialist care for Welsh patients are told to delay some operations in order to save money, BBC Wales reveals.