HOW HAVE YOU BEEN AFFECTED BY NHS CUTS IN ENGLAND? SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCES

With Stevens saying the NHS needs an increase of ?4bn a strong warning about the future of the health service is expected... READ MORE›

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BERNIE SANDERS IF TRUMP DOESNT RESCUE OBAMACARE HE MUST ADMIT HES A LIAR

The truth is we shouldn't be debating whether to take health care away from 30 million Americans... READ MORE›

SENATE CONFIRMS TOM PRICE AS NEW HEALTH SECRETARY

Republicans see Price as a knowledgeable leader who will help obstructA President Obamas health care policy that extended insurance coverage for millions... READ MORE›

ONCE TIME'S 'PERSON OF THE YEAR,' AN EBOLA FIGHTER DIES IN CHILDBIRTH DUE TO STIGMA OF VIRUS

More than 11,000 people died in the Ebola outbreak, although 17,000 who contracted the virus survived... READ MORE›

GOP TO DEFUND PLANNED PARENTHOOD IN OBAMACARE REPEAL

Planned Parenthood is opposed by anti-abortion activists and most Republicans... READ MORE›

'DEFEND NHS WITH ALL YOUR MIGHT', CORBYN URGES DEMONSTRATORS

Tens of thousands protest against further funding cuts to health service and social care at march through central London... READ MORE›

THERESA MAY DENIES 'HUMANITARIAN CRISIS' IN BRITAIN'S NHS

Prime minister rejects British Red Cross claims but acknowledges huge pressures on health service... READ MORE›

PORT LOKO, Sierra Leone -- Sweetie Sweetie had no choice... READ MORE›

PORT LOKO, Sierra Leone -- Sweetie Sweetie had no choice... READ MORE›

RURAL HOSPITALS IN CRITICAL CONDITION

The closings threaten to decimate a network of rural hospitals the federal government first established beginning in the late 1940s to ensure that no one would be without health care... READ MORE›

HEALTH CARE WORKER TESTS POSITIVE AT TEXAS HOSPITAL

On October 21, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC announced stringent new guidelines for healthcare personnel who may be dealing with Ebola patients... READ MORE›

PERSPECTIVE | SHOULD HEALTHY PEOPLE HAVE TO PAY FOR CHRONIC ILLNESSES?

Spreading the costs so that healthy people pay more than their own care likely will warrant in a given year is one option... READ MORE›

COUNSELLOR OVERBILLS $360K FOR CARE OF FIRST NATIONS PATIENTS

Health canada investigation of ontario counsellor treating indigenous patients finds massive overbilling... READ MORE›

ACT ON CHILDREN'S MENTAL ILL HEALTH OR RISK NATIONAL CRISIS, WARNS EXPERT

I describe mental health services as a car crash waiting to happen, Bailey said... READ MORE›

NHS WORKERS URGED TO BE ALERT FOR SEPSIS AND TREAT WITHIN AN HOUR

This quality standard highlights priorities in the continued fight to improve sepsis care... READ MORE›

WHICH COUNTRY HAS THE WORLD'S BEST HEALTHCARE SYSTEM?

Treatment in public hospitals is completely covered by Medicare, though people with private health insurance often elect to use private hospitals... READ MORE›

TRUMP CAMPAIGN ONCE AGAIN SLAMS CANADIAN HEALTH CARE

KING OF PRUSSIA, PA.--The latest villain of Donald Trump's presidential campaign Canada's health care system... READ MORE›

DOCTORS THREATEN TO BOYCOTT PLAN FOR PATIENTS TO SHOW ID AT HOSPITALS

Doctors have said they will boycott attempts to introduce identification checks as part of government plans to combat health tourism ... READ MORE›

NHS 'WILL FAIL' THIS WINTER WITHOUT CASH INJECTION, DOCTORS TELL THERESA MAY

Hospital doctors have warned Theresa May that the NHS will fail this winter and patient care will suffer unless she provides an emergency cash injection... READ MORE›

NEW IMMIGRATION RULES WILL COST THE NHS MILLIONS, WARNS NURSING UNION

The UK will be sending away nurses who have contributed to the health service for six years... READ MORE›

HAVE YOU BEEN STUCK IN AN NHS HOSPITAL LONGER THAN YOU NEED TO BE?

The case of Iris Sibley, trapped in hospital for six months, highlights our social care crisis. Have you experienced something similar?... READ MORE›

HOSPITAL MISTAKES BLAMED FOR US TRANSMISSION

Farmers in Sierra Leone who have deserted their land because of the Ebola outbreak are being encouraged to go back to work... READ MORE›

NEW 'DUTY OF CANDOUR' RULES INSTRUCT MEDICS TO ADMIT MISTAKES

Known as a duty of candour the guidelines make clear that patients should expect a face-to-face apology... READ MORE›

REVEALED: DOZENS OF CHILDREN STILL TREATED ON ADULT PSYCHIATRIC WARDS

Revealed dozens of children still treated on adult psychiatric wards... READ MORE›

WHO WARNS OF EBOLA HEALTH CARE RISKS

'Dire consequences' Meanwhile the US military is stepping up its efforts to respond to the Ebola outbreak in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea... READ MORE›

COMPANIES CONTINUE CHIPPING AWAY AT HEALTH INSURANCE BENEFITS

The average health care rate increase for mid-sized and large companies was 3.2 percent this year, the lowest since the consulting firm Aon started tracking it in 1996... READ MORE›

CALL TO SNOOP ON ANTIBIOTIC SCRIPTS

The suggested rules say doctors should spend more time explaining why antibiotics are unsuitable for many patients... READ MORE›

INDIAN-AMERICAN SURGEON GENERAL ASKED TO STEP DOWN BY TRUMP ADMINISTRATION

Murthy has been replaced by Rear Admiral Sylvia Trent-Adams, who is the current Deputy Surgeon General... READ MORE›

NHS HEAD DISPUTES THERESA MAY CLAIMS OVER HEALTH FUNDING

Simon Stevens told MPs that the NHS would receive an additional ?8bn between now and 2020-21, not the ?10bn extra the prime minister said... READ MORE›

JEREMY HUNT SAYS CHILD MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ARE NHS'S BIGGEST FAILING

Hunt has pledged to improve the diagnosis and treatment of troubled children by NHS children and adolescent mental health services CAMHS ... READ MORE›

U.S. UNIFORMED OFFICERS TO TREAT EBOLA PATIENTS IN LIBERIA

Public Health Service is not technically part of the armed forces, its members look very much like military personnel, wearing uniforms similar to U... READ MORE›