In the largest ever genetic study of the disease, scientists have discovered some 80 genes which could leave people at higher risk of schizophrenia.

Scientists say they have made an "exciting" step towards curing HIV by forcing the virus out of its hiding places in the body.

The NHS is starting to test a sticking-plaster-sized patient-monitoring patch.

A patch the size of a plaster is to be tested by the NHS as a new way of continuously monitoring a patient's heart rate, breathing and temperature.

Parents will face prosecution if they fail to prevent their daughters undergoing female genital mutilation or forced marriage under new measures being announced.

A man with a fly in his ear and a woman questioning if a green potato was poisonous were among thousands of non-urgent 999 calls made to the Welsh Ambulance Service last year.

Falkirk Community Hospital records the first perfect score in an initial Healthcare Environment Inspectorate review.

Two key health unions are to ballot their members in England on industrial action, including strikes, over pay.