Far more money needs to be pumped into global drug research to tackle the looming threat of antimicrobial resistance, a report says.

Health campaigners are calling for stricter regulations on the marketing of alcohol, amid fears about the impact it is having on children.

NHS spending on agency nurses has soared in the past two years in England, to at least nearly £500m last year, says the Royal College of Nursing.

Scientists in Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic have developed a simple blood test that could detect bowel cancer at the earliest possible stage.

E-cigarettes generate toxic chemicals similar to those found in tobacco and may harm the lungs and immune system, new research suggests.

The drug abiraterone can add four months to the lives of men with advanced prostate cancer if given before chemotherapy, evidence suggests.

This year's seasonal flu vaccine is barely able to prevent the main strain of flu being spread in the UK, health officials says.