Warning tax rises could force care homes to close

Getty Images The Liberal Democrats have called on the government to exempt social care from the rise in National Insurance. The party said the chancellor had provided extra funding for

Cancer patients ‘warned for years’ about hospital water infections

Paul O’Hare,BBC Scotlandand Lisa Summers,Scotland health and social care correspondent John Cuddihy says the bacterial infection had a ‘devastating’ impact on daughter Molly The father of a woman whose death

This 15 minute hepatitis C test could change everything

A new rapid test from Northwestern University can diagnose hepatitis C in just 15 minutes — far faster than current options. Chronic hepatitis C infection affects an estimated 50 million