Getty ImagesThe UK Foreign Office advises travellers: "Take care if offered, particularly for free, or when buying spirit-based drinks. If labels, smell or taste seem wrong then do not...

Squire Patton BoggsSimone White was holidaying in south-east AsiaA British lawyer has died after a suspected methanol poisoning that is thought to have killed four others in Laos, south-east...

Getty ImagesAn ambitious plan to map all 37 trillion cells in the human body is transforming understanding of how our bodies work, scientists report.The received wisdom said we were...

A senior coroner has warned that more babies could die unless "action is taken", following the deaths of three infants who had received contaminated feed while being cared for...

TV presenter Davina McCall is out of intensive care and has made an "enormous leap forward" in the last 24 hours, following her surgery to remove a rare brain...

BBCAnna Cooper has had 17 operations and is in constant pain Waiting lists for gynaecology appointments across the UK have more than doubled since February 2020, BBC research reveals....

California has reported the first US case of mpox - formerly known as monkeypox - that is part of a new outbreak.The state's department of health, the CDPH, said...

'Say a prayer for me' - Davina McCall on brain tumourDavina McCall is recovering from surgery she underwent to remove a rare brain tumour, her partner has said.The TV...

Folic acid is to be added to non-wholemeal wheat flour in the UK to help prevent birth defects. Adding folic acid to flour could prevent around 200 cases of...

Getty ImagesScreening men born with a high risk of developing prostate cancer, once they reach the age of 45, makes financial sense, a cancer charity says.But Prostate Cancer Research...

BBC/Brijesh PatelRoy Pollitt thought his late wife was being treated by a doctor rather than a physician associateA man whose wife died after a drain was mistakenly left in...

The NHS will start offering an "improved" stop smoking pill to tens of thousands of people in England who want to quit cigarettes. Varenicline, a daily tablet given over...