Mali and Burkina Faso recorded most extreme heat in what scientists called a once-in-a-200-year occurrence.
A woman wheeled the corpse of an elderly man into a bank in Brazil, hoping to get a sign-off on a loan.
The UK’s smoking ban aims to phase out sales of tobacco, which is one of the main causes of cancer deaths in Britain.
Under existing laws, abortion is legal only in cases of rape, incest or a danger to a woman’s health or life.
Could the successful transplant of a gene-edited pig kidney to a human spell the end of the organ shortage crisis?
Some say drug use should be a public health issue, not a criminal one. Is decriminalisation the answer?
Study commissioned by England’s health service says hormones should only be prescribed to teens with ‘extreme caution’.
Trump has not called for a national abortion ban, disappointing anti-abortion activists. How has his stance changed?
Joe Biden says Donald Trump ‘scrambling’ as reproductive rights set to be central issue ahead of November election.
Transmission to humans is rare but with no vaccine, government has advised people to stay away from wild monkeys.
12-year-old Zakaria es-Sersek is a volunteer medic at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Gaza.
Several companies have abandoned commitments to serve antibiotic-free meat, but what does this mean for human health?
Lancet report says Western countries will be forced to open borders wide to migration if economies are to survive.
US state’s Supreme Court upheld a 15-week abortion ban, but also allowed a ballot measure on abortion access to proceed.
