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A silicone object left inside someone and the wrong person undergoing an exploratory procedure are among "never events" which have happened in Welsh hospitals.

More than 2,500 South Africans aged between 15 and 24 are infected with the HIV virus every week.

Aids remains the biggest cause of death among young people in Africa and the number of lives lost in this group has tripled in the past 16 years, writes the BBC's Karen Allen.

More and more couples in the US are using donated embryos to have a child of their own - and many say they are motivated to 'adopt' by religious and ethical beliefs.

Local councils in England are warning that government cuts to public health funding could hamper their efforts to tackle obesity.

"Very significant improvements" are made at a health board following the outbreak of a major infection three years ago.

A doctor's social media post about the preventable death of a child highlights concerns about anti-vaccination campaigning in India.

A decision about whether to cut £170m from the budget for community pharmacies in England is expected soon.

The head of the United Nations Population Fund has, for the first time, described female genital mutilation as "child abuse".

Maasai Cricket Warriors captain Sonyanga Ole Ngais tells the BBC how he is trying to discourage female genital mutilation.

The new head of Colchester Hospital issues a "heartfelt apology" following the publication of a damning CQC report.

Meet the growing number of type 1 diabetics who are building their own unapproved, open source monitoring systems.

The Zika epidemic is likely to end within two to three years because there will be too few people left to infect, researchers from Imperial College London predict.

Millions of pounds of taxpayers' money was wasted on a contract outsourcing the care of older and mentally ill people, investigators find.

Prince Harry has been tested for HIV in an effort raise awareness about the condition and encourage others to get a test.

Prince Harry gets tested for HIV in a bid to raise awareness about the condition and encourage others to get checked out.

A cancer patient from Edinburgh becomes the first UK woman to give birth following a transplant of her frozen ovary tissue.

Ambulances in England have missed their target for responding to the most life-threatening calls for a whole year, new data shows.

Public Health England urges people to seek medical help for persistent coughs or breathlessness in a new campaign aimed at raising awareness of lung cancer and other conditions.

Being overweight or obese raises the chance of dying early - particularly for men, the largest ever study on obesity and death suggests.

Lingerie company Amoena wins a legal battle over tax on special bras worn by women who have had a mastectomy.

Women in their forties are having more babies than women two decades younger for the first time in nearly 70 years, official figures for England and Wales show.

Health campaigners say they are "hugely dismayed" that the meningitis B vaccine will not be extended to all children in the UK under the age of two.

William Mead died of sepsis in 2014 when he was 12 months old. His mother Melissa spoke to the BBC.

A judicial review into an NHS decision not to fund a "game-changing" drug that can prevent HIV will be heard in the High Court on Wednesday.

Simplifying the way ovarian cancers are tested saves both lives and money, a study suggests.

Artificial sweeteners can increase appetite by activating hunger pathways in the body, scientists discover - at least in animals.

Suspected sepsis in patients must be treated as an emergency in the same way as heart attacks are, England's health watchdog says.

Care services run by councils are facing major cuts this year as rises in council tax have failed to plug the gaps in budgets in England, town hall chiefs are warning.

A police officer has spoken about her experience of post-traumatic stress disorder after dealing with the death of a baby.

Is there any way to get all the benefits of exercise without actually doing any?

A three-year-old from Ghana born with his organs outside his abdomen is to undergo life-saving surgery at an Oxford hospital.

Taking multivitamins during pregnancy is a waste of money because most mothers-to-be do not need them, and they have little benefit, researchers say.

Many people look for quick fixes to get rid of abdominal fat - but what actually works?

Children who suck their thumb or bite their nails are less likely to develop allergies, a study suggests.

Staffing levels within the NHS will have to be cut if the government wants to bring NHS finances in England under control, a think tank says.

Too many people avoid talking about getting old, suggests a survey by a charity for older people.

Community groups tackling female genital mutilation in England and Wales say more local funding is needed to maintain progress against the illegal activity.

Scientists have mutated mice to turn them into "super sniffers", in research aiming to create a new generation of tracker animals.

5 live listener, Tutu, from London, has spoken about how skin bleaching cream nearly killed her sister.

Three major hospitals across England are being ordered to stop providing complex heart care because of concerns over standards.

Veteran BBC correspondent Caroline Wyatt has stepped down from her post as religious affairs correspondent after revealing that she suffers from Multiple Sclerosis.

Nurse shortages in the UK will continue for years to come and could get worse, experts are predicting.

Viral hepatitis is one of the leading causes of death and disability across the globe, killing as many people as Aids or TB, research published in the Lancet suggests.

Men with advanced prostate cancer could be checked for high risk family genes because they are fairly common, affect treatment and can be passed on to their children, say experts.

The Department of Health in England is scrapping its controversial data sharing project - known as Care.data.

The junior doctor contract will be imposed on medics in England, following the profession's rejection of the terms and conditions, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has confirmed.

A patient lay dead for up to four-and-a-half hours before being spotted at London's biggest A&E department, inspectors reveal.

Ministers are paving the way to impose a contract on junior doctors in England after the profession rejected the deal that had been agreed with the British Medical Association.

Junior doctors and medical students in England have voted to reject the contract that has been offered to them by the government.