A manhunt has been launched after a bomb was detonated in a terror attack on a packed London Underground train.

The parents of a boy with a rare genetic condition have gone to the British High Court to fight the NHS's decision to refuse funding for a "life-changing" drug.

Latest: Twelve people have died and more are feared dead this evening after a huge fire destroyed a tower block in west London.

Latest: At least 16 hospitals in the UK's National Health Service have been targeted by a large cyber attack.

Some 400 patients are being recalled for blood tests after being treated by a doctor with HIV.

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The Royal College of Physicians of Ireland has welcomed the announcement of plans to introduce a new £520m (€660m) levy on sugary drinks in Britain within two years.

Cosmetic procedure patients should be given a cooling-off period before going under the knife for treatment, according to new guidance from the UK's General Medical Council (GMC).

British prime minister David Cameron has revealed he is related to Kim Kardashian.

A breath test that could detect lung cancer is to undergo clinical trials in British hospitals.

Waiting times in accident and emergency departments in England have fallen to their worst levels in more than a decade, with just 92.6% of patients being seen within four hours.

Thousands of patients are to be recalled for tests to see if they have been infected with blood-borne viruses which could include HIV.

The father of Ashya King has revealed he was convinced to seek help for the five-year-old in the Czech Republic after an NHS radiologist told him proton beam therapy was “superior” to conventional treatment.

The father of Ashya King has claimed the family felt unable to tell UK doctors their feelings because they feared he would be taken into care.

British police have arrived in Malaga to question the parents of Ashya King, the five-year-old boy with a brain tumour who was taken out of a hospital in the UK on Thursday without doctors’ consent.

A British national who tested positive for Ebola in Sierra Leone is being evacuated to the UK on a Royal Air Force jet, the Department of Health has said.

Closing hospital accident and emergency (A&E) departments has knock-on effects that lead to more patient deaths, a US study has shown.

A man has been mistakenly given a vasectomy by medics who were supposed to be performing a “minor procedure” on him, a hospital has admitted.