The UK is vulnerable to epidemics such as Ebola due to a gaping hole in the country's ability to manufacture vaccines, a group of MPs warns.

Paint on playground equipment has been found to contain high amounts of the toxin lead - sometimes 40 times the recommended levels, research suggests.

Chronic fatigue syndrome is more common than previously thought, particularly among girls at the age of 16, research by the University of Bristol suggests.

The Zika virus is likely to spread across the nearly all of the Americas, the World Health Organization has warned.

Chancellor George Osborne and philanthropist Bill Gates announce £3bn in funding over the next five years to tackle malaria.