BBCNik Ward is disappointed the bill has passed and worries about its implications for vulnerable peopleTerminally ill people are a step closer to being able to choose when they...

PA MediaA public inquiry described the scale of the scandal as "horrifying"Some victims of the infected blood scandal have been told interim compensation payments of £100,000 due to be...

Getty ImagesFixing the struggling palliative care system must be an immediate priority for the government, now that MPs have backed changing the law to allow assisted dying, senior doctors...

BBCKim Thomas has worked in the industry since 2012, and says social media influences many tattoo trendsThere are fears tattoo artists will have to increase their prices as Wales...

Getty ImagesResearchers say they have found the first new treatment for asthma attacks in 50 years. The injection dampens part of the immune system that can go into overdrive...

US President-elect Donald Trump has picked a leading Covid lockdown sceptic Jay Bhattacharya to be the next director of a key US public health agency.Trump said he had selected...

The family of a woman who suffered a severe brain injury while on holiday say they were faced with having to accept her return to the UK against medical...

Daniel Taylor-Sweet / BBCBBC journalist Hazel Martin was told to cut out drinking alcohol altogetherAt 31 years old, I was told by doctors that if I didn’t stop drinking...

Getty ImagesTowns like Vang Vieng in Laos - where the fatal poisonings took place - are known stops on the backpacking trail through South East AsiaSuspected methanol poisoning from...

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...