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Doctors will be required to notify their local council or health protection team about suspected cases.

A High Court judge is considering the case of Archie Battersbee, 12, who is on life support in hospital.

Colin Gibson says being diagnosed means "you know what you are dealing with".

A report shows some of the poorest drinkers cut back on food when the unit price was set at 50p.

Patients in England will be able to get early access to promising new treatments.

Nurse leaders are concerned about access to care and support for those with long-term problems.

A court considers the case of Archie Battersbee, 12, who is on life support in hospital.

Outbreaks of the rare virus are continuing to occur in many countries outside Africa.

An inquiry into allegations of abuse at Muckamore Abbey Hospital begins public hearings in Belfast.

Sarah Mullen is one of a growing number of women in Scotland who are choosing to give birth at home.

Patients missing out on care and medicines as NHS struggles to fill posts across UK, staff say.

WHO figures show confirmed cases tripled in a week, which is likely to be an underestimate.

Here's why you need more than one Covid jab.

UK health officials say no one factor linking all the cases has been identified so far.

A senior GP warns that the steep rise is likely to have a "significant impact" on doctors and staff.

China's biggest city, a vital global trade hub, begins to relax crippling Covid restrictions.

Cervical screening is changing, but fewer checks will not mean more cancers missed, a study confirms.

Surgeons successfully transplanted the donated organ into a patient who, a year on, is doing well.

James MacDougall offered his sperm via social media but did not disclose his genetic syndrome.

Shortage has left some areas of England having to cope with half the number of doctors than others.

Max Dingle, 83, died after his head became trapped in a bed at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital.

A patient paid to diagnose slipped discs and is living in pain with private surgery costing £15,000.

Three families say they "objected to the poor care" before their relatives were taken to hospital.

Women burned more body fat during morning exercise whereas evenings counted more for men.

Anyone who tests positive should abstain from sex while symptomatic and use condoms for eight weeks.

Frustrations with waiting times and drunk patients are thought to be behind the 5% increase.

A 70-year-old kidney transplant patient is waiting for a drug to be reapproved.

A couple who lost their baby say staff had no idea what to do for them when they arrived at A&E.

Shama Hanif tells of her struggle with anorexia and how she has cast off the shame she once felt.

Some medical leaders say protest-free areas are the "only way" to protect patients and staff.

Conspiracies and memes shared during the Covid pandemic are cropping up again.

More than half of those to die in the latest wave to hit Hong Kong were care home residents.

Helen Goss calls for more help for children like Anna, 9, who is ill two years after catching Covid.

Gerbils, hamsters and other rodents could be particularly susceptible to the disease, warn experts.

One in 60 people is infected with the virus, according to the Office for National Statistics.

Health officials are investigating a link with a common virus, as well as other factors.

Report's findings expose the widening regional health inequalities across Cheshire and Merseyside.

Masks will no longer be legally required in health and social care as all rules end on Monday.

Maternity units, where Sarah Hawkins's baby and dozens of others died, are rated inadequate.

An autistic man is suing the supermarket giant for refusing entry to his assistance cat.

Specialists treating Archie Battersbee, 12, say his treatment should end, but his parents disagree.

There are 90 cases to date in the UK according to the UK Health Security Agency.

The DJ underwent surgery for bowel cancer and wants to raise awareness of having a colostomy bag.

Public Health Wales confirms a case of monkeypox but says overall risk to the general public is low.

It examined the years 2007 to 2017 when a now suspended surgeon was operating at Southmead Hospital.

A mother explains how she can't make ends meet as data suggests more people are struggling.

Elsbeth Jones says it took 27 hours for an ambulance to arrive and drop her mother in hospital.

Steven Gallagher, 48, has a new lease of life after undergoing pioneering surgery last December.

Scots going abroad for cheaper and quicker obesity operations are "risking their lives" claim medics.

A network of five specialist NHS hospitals in England is treating some of those infected.