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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has confirmed two new cases of Ebola in Guinea, ending a two-week spell in which no new infections had been reported.

The former conservative health minister Dr Dan Poulter has given his support to junior doctors by appearing in a video produced by them on the eve of a planned protest.

Model Charli Howard has posted an open letter on Facebook claiming she was put under pressure to lose weight because she was deemed 'too big'.

Can community health services help the NHS cope in winter?

The oldest person in Britain, Gladys Hooper from the Isle of Wight, has a hip replacement at the age of 112.

Campaigners say there are big regional differences in the proportion of women smoking during pregnancy, with rates much higher in poorer areas.

Britain's oldest person may have entered the record books again - by having a hip operation at 112 years old.

A teenage boy who performed CPR on his friend when he collapsed during a rugby game says "you don't think, you act", about the incident.

Northern Ireland is at the centre of cutting edge pioneering heart interventions which are leading the way across the world.

The woman who filmed her miscarriage story

More than 6,000 deaths a year could be caused by a continued fall in the effectiveness of antibiotics in the US, a report in The Lancet says.

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Are three-quarters of English hospitals really unsafe?

The trust which ran Stafford Hospital is to face criminal charges in connection with the deaths of four patients, the BBC learns.

Almost £110m has been paid out on medical negligence cases and legal fees in Northern Ireland over a three-year period, figures obtained by the BBC reveal.

Nursing has been declared an occupation that officially has shortages, paving the way for more nurses from outside the EU to work in the NHS.

Safety in the NHS and care sectors in England is a "significant concern", with particular problems in hospitals, inspectors are warning.

A new UK study attempts to find out

UK researchers are beginning a million pound study to try to find out why many of us do not follow medical advice or stick with treatment.

The world's youngest cryonic patient

Ebola persists in the semen of male survivors much longer than previously thought, a study shows.

A boy with learning disabilities and autism who has been kept at a specialist hospital hundreds of miles from his home for three years faces further delays to his release.

Scottish nurse Pauline Cafferkey, who is being treated for complications from Ebola, is now "critically ill" after her condition deteriorates.

Patient WO describes how he woke up with amnesia after a routine trip to the dentist

A female contraceptive device used by the NHS poses a serious safety concern, according to a new study.

Caramel-coated apples can be riddled with listeria - a bacterium that causes diarrhoea and vomiting and, rarely, meningitis - warn scientists.

People who have suffered mental health problems in England are five times more likely to be admitted to hospital as an emergency, a study shows.

Women breaking the silence and sharing their pain

Am I really more likely to get cancer because I'm tall?

Ministers have set out details of how they aim to save £1bn on agency staff costs to the NHS over the next three years.

The number of people in Scotland treated with antidepressants rises by 5% in 2014/15, according to official figures.

The head of Public Health England is being hauled before MPs amid accusations vital evidence is being withheld about the merits of a sugar tax.

Bowel cancer is four distinct diseases, each with a different prognosis, scientists have discovered.

The global response to Sierra Leone's Ebola crisis helped avert some 40,000 deaths - but thousands more may have been prevented with a quicker response, say researchers.

Staff at a mortuary in Mumbai are surprised when a man they were preparing to do a post-mortem examination on wakes up.

A total of 58 people who had been in close contact with Scottish nurse Pauline Cafferkey, who contracted Ebola in Sierra Leone, are identified.

Industrial action by junior doctors in England is still on the cards, after union leaders refused to re-enter talks over a new contract.

Matron Tosh Dunholm, who laid a wreath at a ceremony to mark the centenary of the death of nurse Edith Cavell, explains why Ms Cavell means so much to her.

More than a fifth of children referred to mental health services in England have been refused treatment, according to research by the NSPCC charity.

John McManus reports on a London church offering HIV tests to the black African community.

Thirty men have been stopped from donating blood at clinics in Northern Ireland because they have had sexual contact with another man, a BBC investigation finds.

Foetuses still in the womb will be injected with stem cells in order to prevent disease in the first such trial of its type.

Victoria Derbyshire had a mastectomy to treat her breast cancer last month, she recorded a video diary about her treatment.

Today I had a mastectomy. I feel all right, I can't believe it - Victoria Derbyshire

How flying high helped inventor create breathing machine

The family of nurse Pauline Cafferkey says doctors "missed a big opportunity" to spot she had fallen ill again.

Tax on tobacco should be raised to persuade smokers to quit, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health says.

Researchers at the University of Utrecht, in the Netherlands, say that Dutch cyclists live longer than people who do not use a bike.