Warmer temperatures are causing malaria to spread in the highlands of Africa and South America, scientists say.

Sixteen patients have died in Manchester over the past four years from a highly resistant superbug spreading across North West England, figures show.

For the first time gene therapy has been used to boost the immune system of people with HIV.

The Royal College of Physicians claims better screening for osteoporosis would reduce the risk of further injury as well as cost to the NHS.

Critically ill patients in Portsmouth's Queen Alexandra Hospital are put on an exercise bike to help speed up their recovery.

The head teacher of a school for children with behavioural issues defends a decision to allow students over the age of 14 to smoke.

An abortion provider has been fined £200,000 for a data breach that revealed thousands of people's details to a hacker.

An anorexic teenager was prevented from returning to school because staff feared other girls would copy her, her mother claims.