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.

New Ebola cases in the three West African countries worst affected by the deadly outbreak of the virus are declining, weekly UN figures show.