The number of reported cases of measles in South Wales has reached 620, and public health authorities warn there is no sign of the outbreak coming to an end.

UK researchers have embarked on a mission to discover how nerves connect in a baby's brain as it develops in the womb and after birth.

A material designed to mimic the hooked hairs found on the underside of leaves could help trap and control bedbugs, the Journal of the Royal Society Interface reports.

Calls for the measles vaccination to be made mandatory are made as an outbreak of the disease continues to spread in the Swansea area at an "alarming rate".

Traces of horse medication have been discovered in ASDA budget corned beef.

Scientists say they have found a new target to beat breast cancer - male hormones like testosterone.

Professor Sir Robert Edwards, whose work led to the world's first "test tube baby" in 1978, dies at the age of 87.

The man who pioneered IVF treatment, and brought hope to couples struggling to start a family, has died at the age of 87.