Emerging technologies could boost supplies of essential plant-based drugs to combat malaria, says a report.

How seagulls may contaminate your kitchen

Nurses are calling for safer needles to be used after a poll suggested nearly half have been accidentally jabbed.

Surgeons in Spain claim a major breakthrough by giving a woman a new windpipe with tissue grown from her own stem cells.

Police in Zimbabwe bar medical staff from marching to protest about the country's deteriorating health system.

A specialist service set up to offer much needed help

Scientists have identified a molecule which could be key to understanding the cause of motor neurone disease.

Schools are being urged to teach pupils about infection control as experts step up the fight against superbugs.

A victim of neo-Nazi attack hears a plea not to kill himself

A growing number of people in the UK are injecting themselves with an unlicensed tanning drug, a BBC investigation finds.

A boy who was born four months early and weighed just 1lb, 6oz is attending nursery and progressing well.

A high-fat diet in pregnancy may cause changes in the foetal brain that cause over-eating and obesity, research suggests.

Doctors in Sicily have claimed state money for thousands of deceased patients still on their medical lists, Italian media says.

The Barretts have a daughter after years of despair

A woman who underwent the world's first whole ovary transplant speaks of her delight at giving birth.

Mother's anguish at being locked up - for having TB

An environmental campaigner wins a victory in a long-running battle with the government over exposure to pesticides.

Heart tests offered to many patients with chest pain are of little value in predicting future heart disease, say researchers.

Listening to an MP3 player for an hour a day at high volume could lead to music fans damaging their hearing and a condition that leaves people with ringing in their ears.

People whose hair has turned white because of illness are being offered hope that scientists may be able to reverse the process.

Scientists are to take 3D images of chickens in the egg in a bid to learn more about disease and birth defects.

Thomas Beatie, the US "pregnant man" who gave birth to a daughter in June, is expecting his second child.

Chile's public health service may have failed to tell more than 500 people they are HIV-positive, a government minister admits.

The Egyptian government says it has placed a ban on Egyptian doctors going to work in Saudi Arabia.

Delhi appears to be losing its battle against the smog