US scientists are asking the public to send in soil samples that can be screened for compounds that could be used to make vital new drugs to fight deadly infections and cancer.

Doctors have carried out the first organ transplant from a newborn in the UK, giving a dead baby's kidneys and liver cells to two separate recipients.

Funding of £100m is announced by the Scottish health secretary to help tackle the issue of patients stuck waiting to be discharged from hospital.

A Harley Street doctor is suspended for 12 months after being found guilty of dishonesty and encouraging nurses to obtain Botox illegally.

A Care Quality Commission inspection of a Shropshire hospital trust finds a number of its services require improvement.

The price of life-saving vaccines has skyrocketed leaving some countries struggling to fully immunise children, Medecins Sans Frontieres warns.

A doctor who travelled to Sierra Leone to help treat Ebola patients returns to work after quarantine.