Thousands of NHS workers in England and Northern Ireland, including nurses, midwives and ambulance staff, will strike later in a dispute over pay.

Liberian officials appeal to medical staff not to strike over the risk fee paid to them for treating Ebola patients, as the health crisis continues.

Women in Scotland with a particular type of terminal breast cancer are to find out whether they will get a pioneering treatment through the NHS.

Increasing numbers of men are facing loneliness and isolation in their old age, suggests research.

Ebola screening will begin at London's Heathrow Airport on Tuesday, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt says.