Taking readings of brain activity before patients go for surgery could help doctors give a more accurate dose of anaesthetic, researchers suggest.

A new death from Ebola is confirmed in Sierra Leone, hours after the World Health Organization declared the West Africa outbreak over.

Pregnant women in the UK should soon get a safer and more accurate test for Down's syndrome, on the NHS, to reduce the risk of miscarriage.

Bereaved families have blocked the organ donation of 547 UK registered donors since 2010 - about one in seven cases, figures show.

Callers to an out-of-hours GP service faced waits of more than 12 hours, posing a "significant risk to patient safety", a leaked report reveals.

A clinical trial of a new drug in France has left one person brain-dead and another five people in hospital, in serious condition.

Public health experts are calling for labels to be added to food and drink to show how much activity would be needed to burn off the calories consumed.

One in four adults has been diagnosed with a mental illness at some stage during their lifetime, the annual health survey for England suggests