Hospitals in England will be expected to provide a higher standard of food under new rules being introduced by the government.

West African health ministers meeting in Ghana follow WHO advice and lift travel restrictions on countries affected by the Ebola outbreak.

Electromagnetic stimulation of a specific part of the brain may improve the ability to remember certain facts, researchers say.

A study of smokers in Australia suggests there is "no evidence" that the introduction of standardised cigarette packaging has changed the way people buy cigarettes.

A five-year-old boy with a brain tumour is taken without consent from hospital by his parents, sparking a major police hunt for the family.

Senegal's health ministry confirms a first case of Ebola, making it the fifth West African country now affected by the outbreak.

A report from the Royal College of Midwives suggests that 40% of women are being discharged from hospital before they are ready after having a baby.

The only trial data on the experimental Ebola drug ZMapp shows it is 100% effective in monkey studies, even in later stages of the infection.