Drinking a few cups of coffee a day may help people avoid clogged arteries - a known risk factor for heart disease - South Korean researchers believe.

Failures at a maternity unit where a number of newborn babies and mothers died are expected to be exposed later.

The International Monetary Fund says Sierra Leone is to receive more than $80m (£52m) immediately to help the country overcome the Ebola outbreak.

Scotland's A&E departments treated 87% of people within the Scottish government's target of four hours in January, NHS statistics show.

A cancer patient describes his battle for a potential life-extending drug as "degrading" as he is forced to move to England to get treatment.

Northern Ireland's health minister has formally accepted proposals for a single, all-Ireland children's heart surgery centre, based in Dublin.

The costs of sending special administrators into the troubled Mid Staffordshire NHS trust rose to almost £19.5m, a health watchdog reveals.

NHS staff have voted to accept a government pay offer, Unison has announced.