Sickle cell patients have begun receiving the first new treatment for the blood disorder in over 20 years.
Malawi has declared a wild polio outbreak after a case was identified in a three-year-old girl - the first of its kind in Africa for more than five years.
An additional booster dose will be offered to all adults over-75 and the most vulnerable over-12s in the UK this spring.
A woman with a rare form of cancer is waiting for an operation to remove a 8kg tumour growing near her spine.
The first patients in the NHS are being offered a new drug to help treat Covid-19. As Covid treatments are changing, fewer patients are becoming seriously ill or dying. So does this mean we are finally taming the virus?
People who are vaccinated are less likely to develop long Covid even if they catch the virus, a rapid review by the UK Health Security Agency reveals.
Analysis of more than 30 bottles of wine has found two glasses could be enough to reach the recommended daily sugar limit for adults.
Teaching people about achieving sexual pleasure can help sell safe-sex messages, say researchers from the World Health Organization.
The Cook Islands is bracing for its first coronavirus cases after a visitor to the country tested positive.
The conference agenda concentrated on food and nutrition, exercise, injury prevention, and mind-body connection with industry experts delivering a series of talks
