The head of a US pharmaceutical company defends a decision to raise the price of a 62-year-old medication used by Aids patients by over 5,000%.

Scientists say they are a step closer to growing fully functioning replacement kidneys, after promising results in animals.

Not getting a good enough apology when things go wrong is the most common complaint NHS patients escalate, figures show.

One of the country's biggest NHS trusts is put in special measures after inspectors found concerns over staffing, treatment delays and governance failings.

English councils should be allowed to put up taxes to fund the NHS, ex-health minister Norman Lamb will tell the Lib Dem conference.

One in 20 adults in Scotland use e-cigarettes and a sixth of adults have tried them, according to an annual health survey.