The scandal-hit Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust faces being dissolved after regulators announced the administration process was to begin.

An architect of the government's NHS changes in England warns they may be undermined by rules opening the health service to more competition.

There should be a pan-UK strategy to combat problematic drinking - including a 50p minimum price for a unit of alcohol, experts say.

Some bacteria, including tuberculosis, are able to invade because the body launches the 'wrong' immune response, say researchers.

Women with late-stage breast cancer have lower survival chances in the UK than in other high-income countries, research suggests.

Giants of the technology world and cancer researchers are teaming up to come up with ways to let the general public hunt for cures for cancer.

Sally Marlow, a researcher in alcohol addiction at King's College London, examines the challenge of tackling alcohol abuse - and how it can best be understood.

Two non-executive directors resign from the board of the Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust following a decision it is to be put into administration.