The London Borough of Newham which hosted the 2012 Olympics is the least physically active place in England, say researchers.

Swiss researchers develop a way to "switch on" specific genes using the power of the mind.

Some 22,000 patients of a Nottinghamshire dentist are to be recalled for tests to see if they have been infected with blood-borne viruses.

More than 400 health workers involved in treating Ebola patients go on strike at a clinic in Sierra Leone in a protest over "hazard payments".

A vaccine to prevent genital warts and cancer should be given to men who have sex with men, according to the government's advisory body on vaccines.

Pregnant women should travel to countries where malaria is a risk only if their trip is essential, experts are advising.

The number of people killed by the worst outbreak of Ebola has risen to 5,160, the World Health Organization says.

Some life-saving cancer medicines are likely to be removed from the list of expensive drugs paid for out of a special fund set up the prime minster.