The government bans "gagging clauses" in NHS severance agreements in England and Wales, to ensure staff with care concerns are not silenced.

The UK is "woefully underprepared" for the social and economic challenges presented by an ageing society, a Lords committee warns.

More than a third of GPs on the boards of new NHS commissioning groups will have a potential conflict of interest, an investigation suggests.

Scientists in Tanzania turned an iPhone into an amateur microscope to check schoolchildren for intestinal worms.

Tapeworm parasites have had their genetic code mined for weaknesses in an effort to find new treatments by UK researchers.

Police are to review the case of a retired GP who has admitted helping patients end their own lives.

Sir Mark Walport has been Director of the Wellcome Trust for 10 years and at the end of March is leaving to take up the post as the government's Chief Scientific Advisor.

There is growing concern about hidden sugars in food and drink and the effect they have on our health.