Two hospitals in Gloucestershire declare a major incident, due to the high number of people using their A&E departments.

Newborn babies across England will be screened for more rare, debilitating genetic diseases from today.

The NHS can only offer a "sticking plaster" for a health gap between rich and poor by itself, it has been claimed.

Parents are being encouraged to cut back on the amount of sugar they feed children as part of a new public health campaign.

Save the Children says "no stone will be left unturned" as it investigates how a British nurse contracted Ebola while volunteering in Sierra Leone.

Supermarket Aldi issues a product recall after salmonella is found in a batch of chocolate.

A British nurse who was diagnosed with Ebola is critically ill but her condition has stabilised, health secretary Jeremy Hunt says.

Major incidents are declared at a number of hospitals in England as medics struggle to deal with patient numbers.