More than 60 dead birds were found at Billington Sea in Plymouth over the weekend. Local experts suspect the avian flu was the culprit.

Vaccines, antibiotics, antiviral medications and anti-inflammatory drugs are all associated with a reduced risk of dementia, researchers reported in a study published Tuesday in the journal ...

We asked scientists why they think younger people, in particular, are shying away from vaccines - this is what they told us ...

Matthew Trainer, Barking and Havering NHS Trust’s chief executive, said it was like trying to pour a pint into a half pint glass. He said the corridor care was “hard to stomach”. On Monday, the Health ...

Poor standards of care have been “normalised and accepted as inevitable” in emergency hospital care, a group of experts has warned. Leading medics and patient groups said that the NHS “got the winter ...

Hospitals in England have been "hit by a surge" of norovirus - the winter vomiting bug - adding to mounting pressure on the ...

Norovirus levels in hospitals in England are 80% higher than the same period last year, new figures show today as pressure on NHS services remains high.  New data published today shows that 784 ...

Flu rates have dropped since their peak but remain almost 2.5 times higher than last year, with 3,833 patients in hospital ...

Rates of the vomiting bug, which can also cause diarrhoea, are up 80 per cent on the same time last year, figures show. Some ...

The number of hospital beds taken up by people who are fit to be discharged is at its highest level this winter, while the ...

The longest hospital waiting lists are continuing to rise in Wales. There were 24,361 patient pathways at the end of November, an increase for a second month in a row after the Welsh government sets ...

Vomiting bug norovirus is up 80% compared to same period last year according to NHS hospital data while other winter bugs are ...