HEALTH

Number of children born with birth defects is rising rapidly in Brazil.

More than 100 people who came in contact with the victims are currently being assessed.

Health officials now advising doctors to quiz all pregnant patients about travel to virus countries.

Company plans to file for application with the US FDA to start Phase I trials of CF602.

Everything you need to know about the Zika virus, including symptoms, treatment, prevention and origins.

Scientists show toxin produced by blue-green algae results in Alzheimer's-like symptoms in monkeys.

Prepd app helps calculate nutritional value and plan your diet one week in advance.

At least 63 people reported dead out of 212 cases recorded since virus outbreak started in August 2015.

Genetically modified mosquito prevents aedes aegypti mosquitoes from multiplying.

The plantation with 6900 stalks aims to treat around 4000 patients suffering from various illnesses.

Inaudible frequencies cause people to suffer migraine, nausea, dizziness and fatigue, study indicates.

Embrace Pangaea's bags of herbs marketed as a 'womb detox' can be "very dangerous".

A possible cure for multiple sclerosis may have been found as paralysed patients are able to walk again.

Move means the threat of walkouts across January and February has been lifted.

High doses of drug found to trigger 'autophagy' in mice, a process in which cells digest themselves.

A report shows many patients ignored for hours and denied pain relief while thousands are discharged at night.

Twin study reveals adolescent marijuana use does not directly cause cognitive decline.

The Virtual Dementia Tour aims to change attitudes towards dementia patients. Based on my experience, it worked.

Government to appoint National Lassa Fever Action Committee as deaths reported in more than 10 states.

Simon Stevens says the NHS needs to be on the frontline in tackling obesity.

The doctor also refuses to treat politicians from certain parties.

The Department of Health's GP Patient Survey showed waiting numbers had gone up by a third.

A baby in Hawaii is born with microcephaly after mother contracts illness during pregancy in Brazil.

Study raises question marks over how e-cigarettes are marketed.

Tomorrow is apparently the most depressing of the year and here are 10 ways to make you feel better.

Victim was one of six people taken for hospital treatment on Friday.

The truth about penis size and some common myths debunked

Marisol Touraine said the test pills did not contain drug, as was previously believed.

Six volunteers have been hospitalised in Rennes after a drug trial by Briotrial went wrong.