A woman suspected of having Ebola is being treated at a Northamptonshire hospital, it is confirmed.

Three men who contracted hepatitis C from contaminated imported blood begin a legal case in the UK to challenge the compensation scheme.

Maximum limits will be set on levels of fat, salt and sugar in food marketed to children under a Labour government, the shadow health secretary will say.

A lack of exercise could be killing twice as many people as obesity in Europe, a 12-year study of more than 300,000 people suggests.

A leading drugs expert says cannabis addicts are being let down because there is too much focus on helping people hooked on class A substances.

A neurodegenerative disease has been halted by harnessing the regenerative power of hibernation, scientists say.

Campaigners urge the NHS to take back control of its first privately-run hospital as the company withdraws from the contract.

The head of a special NHS fund for cancer medicines in England has said there will need to be further cuts to the treatments it funds.