NHS privatisation is "being forced through at pace and scale" says shadow health secretary Andy Burnham, as he calls for it to be halted until after the general election.

Scientists have identified a part of the brain that may help us predict when things are about to go wrong and could play a part in depression.

Some heart patients in Wales will continue to be sent to England for surgery to cut waiting lists.

A former head of financial accounting at two NHS trusts is jailed for stealing £2.2m of NHS funds to buy 11 properties in Sussex and London.

An NHS worker is jailed for four years over a fraud in which £642,000 meant for cancer drugs was stolen from a leading hospital.

Liberia suspends all football activities in an effort to control the spread of Ebola, as the number of people killed by the virus in West Africa reaches 672.

Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt is ticked off by the statistics watchdog over claims about A&E waiting times in England.

Scientists say the world's first malaria vaccine provides children with continuing protection against the disease and may be in use by 2015.