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A nurse faces misconduct charges over claims she hid Ebola survivor Pauline Cafferkey's high temperature.

Being unable to store excess fat safely in the body increases the risk of type 2 diabetes, heart attacks and strokes, Cambridge University research suggests.

An email that was accidentally sent to 840,000 members of the NHS's staff in England causes havoc.

NHS chiefs have tried to keep local plans to cut hospital services in England secret, a study finds.

Dementia, including Alzheimer's disease, is now the leading cause of death in England and Wales.

An ambulance service worker who refused to call the emergency services gives birth in a car on the way to hospital.

Pleas for pregnant women to protect themselves against flu this winter are backed by health bodies.

Health services are attempting to reach deprived communities by offering them mobile cancer screening.

Amber McGrath is 18 and for most of her life she's lived with type 1 diabetes - this is how many hours she spends on it a day.

What lies behind the link between cancer and poverty and how do you break it?

At least half of the alcohol sold in Scotland does not meet impending minimum pricing legislation, a survey suggests.

Sore throat sufferers will be asked to visit a pharmacist, not a GP, to see if they need antibiotics, NHS England says.

Very stressful events affect the brains of girls and boys in different ways, a study suggests.

New research warns that infants under four weeks shouldn't travel in car seats for more than 30 minutes.

A contract to provide community health and care in Bath and North East Somerset over the next seven years is approved for Virgin Care.

Junior doctors call off the threat of industrial action over their new contract.

George, 22, who was recently diagnosed with HIV, meets 54-year-old Edwin, who was diagnosed 30 years ago, to discuss how different an HIV diagnosis was in the 1980s.

More than 150 British people, including children, affected by overseas terrorist attacks are using mental health services in the UK.

Speaking for the first time, a British survivor of the Bataclan terror attack explains to Newsbeat what the past year has been like for her.

A person's chances of falling ill from a new strain of flu are at least partly determined by the first strain they ever encountered, a study suggests.

Ivory Coast bans the production, importation and sale of alcohol in sachets to reduce alcoholism.

The NHS in England has the power to fund the HIV-preventative drug, Prep, the Court of Appeal has decided.

People who were in the scouts or guides in childhood have better mental health in later life, a study suggests.

Why do we really like one type of food and can’t stand the taste of something else? A summit of top chefs and scientists put food under the microscope.

An implant that beams instructions out of the brain is used to restore movement in paralysed primates.

The NHS in England is considering whether to ban or impose a tax on sugary drinks sold in hospitals.

An inspection of the Ulster Hospital flags up issues with staffing levels, patient care records and training.

Thousands of hospital bed days could be saved every year if occupational therapists were used more to help patients, a report says.

Scientists say they may have found a way to protect babies in the womb from the harmful effects of Zika.

Around one in six cases of breast cancer begins with symptoms other than a suspect lump, experts advise.

Council cuts to care in England are so severe there is a real risk families may take legal action, experts say.

Some parents are now hiring sleep consultants to help their baby get to sleep. That's great for the parents, but is it good for the child?

First Minister Arlene Foster agrees to support Thalidomide victims seeking compensation for victims from the German government.

Plans to ban smoking in playgrounds are part of new public health laws being put forward for a second time.

More than 9,000 patients' records have gone missing since private firm Capita took over NHS file transferring services, a BBC survey shows.

Public health bodies issue advice to the over-65s and those with health problems on how to handle the cold weather.

A project aimed at reducing the number of children in care by offering contraception is to extend its work.

Bacteria living deep inside the digestive system seems to alter how cancer drugs work, a study suggests.

A fifth of those diagnosed with cancer face discrimination on return to work, a survey suggests.

Cancer survivor Terry Foster, 58, tells the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme he was sacked after being diagnosed with lymphoma, as his company felt he “wouldn't be able to handle the stress of the job”.

New Delhi children protest in the Indian capital against the city's extreme air pollution.

The government announces a new war against hospital superbugs after an increase in E. coli cases.

Two in every 100 people have no ability to visualise images in their own heads - because of a condition called aphantasia.

Telling your child they are gravely ill is never going to be an easy task and the best advice can be hard to find with so much available.

Simple self-care measures could end millions of unnecessary GP visits every year, say councils.

A terminally ill boy should receive palliative care proposed by specialists despite his parents' objections, a judge rules.

A coroner issues a warning about the dangers of "co-sleeping" after the death of a baby in County Antrim.

Children need to be protected from the pervasive marketing of junk food to children through apps, social media and video blogs

Tens of thousands of NHS workers could have overpaid income tax and national insurance, the BBC understands.