A group of doctors and health experts is urging the House of Lords to support a bill to lower the drink-driving limit across the whole of the UK.

A Brazilian group is to ask the country's supreme court to allow abortions for women with the Zika virus as it spreads to other countries.

Hand transplants are to be carried out on the NHS in England, with the "highly complex procedure" available from April, health officials say.

Unacceptably short 15-minute home care visits to elderly and disabled people are still plaguing the care system in England, a report suggests.

The first NHS hospital to be privately run will remain in special measures after the Care Quality Commission said it "requires improvement".

A surge in demand in A&E units is causing real problems for hospitals, NHS bosses are warning.

Rates of breastfeeding in the UK are the lowest in the world, an international study shows.