A million older people in England struggling with everyday tasks such as washing and dressing are being left to fend for themselves, campaigners say.

Hospitals in England are being given individual savings targets, after a report identified potential savings of £5bn a year in the NHS.

Scientists have identified a gene that puts women at higher risk of heart disease, an early study shows.

A Scottish nurse who contracted Ebola while working in West Africa is recovering well after the virus caused her to develop meningitis.

Public health chiefs advise the health secretary to introduce a sugar tax as part of a range of measures to tackle child obesity.

A strike ballot of junior doctors over a contract dispute will start next month and last two weeks, the British Medical Association announces.