The German government has described the death penalty as "inhumane and cruel" after Japan hanged seven members of the doomsday cult that poisoned commuters in a deadly subway attack in 1995
The Russian Foreign Ministry is calling on British Prime Minister Theresa May to end "intrigues and games with chemical agents," referring to a second poisoning case with the nerve agent Novichok in southwest England
Church services, tea parties and even a medically themed symphony are on the agenda as Britain marks the 70th anniversary of the National Health Service _ a battered but beloved institution facing an uncertain future
Britain's National Health Service is making plans to ensure that medical supplies will be available if Britain leaves the European Union next March without a deal
Britain's National Health Service has proposed cutting back on treatments including breast reductions and operations to stop people snoring as part of plans to save money and reduce "unnecessary or risky procedures."
A professional tennis player from Mexico, Cesar Ramirez, has been suspended provisionally, pending a hearing, after testing positive for steroids
Britain's Court of Appeal has rejected an attempt from a terminally ill man to overturn the country's blanket ban on assisted suicide, ruling that such a decision needs to be made by politicians in Parliament
Former aid workers have told the BBC that staff of charity Doctors Without Borders of using prostitutes and boasting of swapping medicine for sex while working in Africa
A British panel has found at least 450 had their lives shortened by a hospital's institutionalized regime of administering opioids without medical justification
Ebola outbreak in Congo has been 'largely contained,' World Health Organization says
