The number of electronic cigarette users in the UK has tripled over the past two years, says Action on Smoking and Health.

The British Medical Association has recommended electronic cigarettes should be banned.

US drugs giant Pfizer confirms it has contacted AstraZeneca over a possible bid, in what would be the largest takeover of a UK firm by a foreign company.

Saudi Arabia says more than 100 patients infected with the Mers coronavirus have now died since the outbreak began in 2012.

A woman arrives from Jamaica to donate a kidney to her seriously ill brother, after the Home Office reversed its initial decision to refuse her entry.

Hundreds of people in Northern Ireland with multiple sclerosis could be left behind as new therapies emerge to treat the condition, the MS Society says.

Pregnant women are urged to take up the offer of the flu vaccine after figures showed less than half were immunised last winter.

A health union is to ballot for industrial action over underpayment of staff unless it gets a satisfactory response within 48 hours.