Part of a city in north-west China is sealed off and dozens of people placed in quarantine after a man died of bubonic plague, state media say.

Hospices could play a greater role in end-of-life care and stop hospitals being the "default option", says former Tory party leader Lord Howard.

The doctor leading the fight against Ebola in Sierra Leone is now being treated for the deadly virus, a statement from the presidency says.

Diseases traditionally associated with the Victorian era are on the rise again in England, experts are warning.

Doctors in India extract 232 teeth from the mouth of a 17-year-old boy in a seven-hour operation.