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Two more cases of Ebola are confirmed in the Liberian village where a teenager died on Sunday - the first case for seven weeks.
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Packets of prescription medication will display how much their contents have cost taxpayers, under government plans.
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Caffeine supplements branded as diet pills should be better regulated, a pharmaceutical body says following a man's death after taking the tablets.
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Medical editor Fergus Walsh visited a Unicef nutrition centre in Chad to see what is being done to tackle the problem of child malnutrition.
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The health insurer Vitality promises to be "clearer" about the fact an app it promotes is owned by Facebook, following complaints by privacy groups.
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A survey that asked more than 18,000 children what they think about hospital care, found a majority felt safe in hospital, but many said they were not given enough attention from staff.
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A children's ward at St John's Hospital in Livingston is to close to in-patients over the summer because of staff shortages.
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Cases of lung cancer in women have reached 20,000 a year in the UK for the first time since records began.
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Industry body Oil and Gas UK is advising companies not to allow e-cigarettes to be used offshore.
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Independent experts are reassuring women a common type of surgery for urinary incontinence is safe and effective.
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Cuba has successfully eliminated mother-to-child transmission of both HIV and syphilis, the World Health Organization says.
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Liberia's authorities quarantine the area where a 17-year-old boy died of Ebola - the first reported case in the country in seven weeks.
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Families speak out for the first time about the "deplorable" care their loved ones received at a Denbighshire mental health ward.
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Simon Kindleysides, who lost the use of his legs in 2013, says it is an "incredible feeling" to walk with robotic legs.
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The care given to an elderly woman who had a cardiac arrest and died after a delay in treatment for sepsis was inadequate, an ombudsman finds.
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Mental ill health among young people in Northern Ireland is a serious and growing problem, a new report suggests.
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A health insurer is criticised for advising members to use a Facebook-owned activity tracker without making the social network's involvement more clear.
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Too many patients are dying following emergency bowel surgery, experts who have done a comprehensive audit warn.
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Thousands of disabled people in England face an uncertain future as the Independent Living Fund closes, with responsibility for funding moved to local authorities.
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NHS staff are expected to follow new guidelines on being open and honest with patients when things go wrong under a "duty of candour" rule.
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A £10m investment to improve NHS care in Wales for major health conditions like cancer and diabetes is announced.
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A four-year-old girl hears her parents sing Happy Birthday for the first time after becoming one of the youngest people in the UK to have "revolutionary" hearing surgery.
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The UK scientists who've found out how to trap the tsetse fly
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Strict caps should be put in place to limit the "excessive fees" lawyers claim against the NHS in medical negligence cases, the Department of Health in England says.
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The lure of a bright blue target is helping to reduce numbers of tsetse flies which pass on the parasite responsible for sleeping sickness.
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A Dutch women's rights group uses a drone to fly abortion pills into Poland, in protest at the country's restrictive laws.
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Nick Triggle reviews what nurses and doctors have been shouting about this week
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The number of GPs seeking help for work-related stress and mental health problems is increasing, according to the former head of the Royal College of GPs.
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There is huge confusion over the labels on sun creams, and manufacturers should all use the same rating system, says the Royal Pharmaceutical Society.
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Cancer Research UK is investing £15m in its research hubs in Oxford, Cambridge and Manchester.
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A computer game could help some people control their unhealthy snacking habits, suggests a small study from the University of Exeter.
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The scale of the challenge facing policymakers
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Teenagers should take an hour of exercise a day, but new figures suggest a mere 8% of girls aged 13 to 15 in England are meeting that target.
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Tiny spheres of fat shed by pancreatic cancers can be used as a blood test for the tumours, a study shows.
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Blood that has been made artificially in the laboratory will be tested by the NHS within two years.
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A 3D printer is to be used in ground-breaking surgery on a two-year-old girl.
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The sperm of all 18-year-olds should be frozen on the NHS to reduce the risks associated with being an older father, a bioethicist argues.
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Managers across England must "raise their game" to create happy, healthy workplaces, England's chief health advisers have warned.
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The sister of a woman with Down's Syndrome who died in hospital has gone to the High Court to try to overturn a coroner's decision not to allow a full inquest into her death.
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The Ebola epidemic in Guinea that began early last year has set back the country's fight against malaria, say experts.
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Paramedics are being overstretched and under staffed in England with unions warning that the service would not cope with an incident in a major city
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A mushroom used for centuries in Chinese medicine reduces weight gain in animals, say researchers in Taiwan.
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Australians in Melbourne and Adelaide give their reaction to a warning that skinny jeans can cause damage to nerves and muscles.
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The inspection regime for GPs in England should be suspended because it is "overly bureaucratic" and "nit-picking", doctors say.
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One of the UK's leading experts in child health is calling for stronger warnings on alcohol to alert women to the dangers of drinking while pregnant.
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