Doctors in Britain are "missing opportunities" to spot lung cancer at an early stage, meaning one in three people with the disease dies within 90 days of diagnosis, research suggests.

Heathrow airport is to start Ebola screening for passengers flying into the UK from at-risk countries.

Scientists sequence the entire genome of the common housefly in a bid to find cures for human diseases.

A UN health worker infected with Ebola dies at a hospital in the German city of Leipzig, hospital officials say.

Health will swallow up an ever-increasing share of the public purse in Wales unless there is a rethink, the head of a spending watchdog warns.

A new trust is being set up to run the scandal-hit Stafford Hospital and a second hospital in Stoke, with both hospitals being renamed.

Passengers arriving at Heathrow airport from Ebola-affected countries have been screened by health officials for symptoms of the virus.

Charities plan to expand a system that allows Ebola advice to be texted to mobile phones located inside a specific contagion zone.