Texas lawmakers from both major parties and dozens of experts are backing a last-ditch appeal - but prosecutors stand by the ...

A university student who died following an incident at a gym has been named locally as Mohammed Farraj. Emergency services ...

The burning of medical waste poses a serious health and environmental danger. Hospitals in Nepal have started turning this ...

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A teenager who died after neglect and a series of failures on a children's ward "deserved so much more", her mother said.

A GP practice in Swindon is helping pioneer a new diagnostic test that could help some women get a faster diagnosis for ...

The condition causes more than 70,000 maternal deaths every year – but its causes continue to elude scientists.

A Texas judge has blocked the execution of the first man to be put on death row in the US for murder charges related to ...

The Middle East Humanitarian Appeal will feature across the BBC on 17 October, as well as on other broadcasters including Sky ...

The UN says two cameras were destroyed and the tower damaged - it follows several reports of similar incidents in recent days ...

Van Orden, a first-term lawmaker and former US Navy Seal, has often made headlines with his public outbursts, from dressing ...