Up to half a million patients with chronic low back pain may be suffering from an infection that can be treated with antibiotics.

The verdict is expected today at the inquest into an Indian woman who died after she was refused a termination in an Irish hospital.

Incentive payments encourage GPs to closely monitor adult patients – but not children

Doctors warn virulent strain of lung disease could get out of control

Drastic warnings from the Government’s Chief Medical Officer about the coming threat from antibiotic-resistant bacteria were echoed today by the Health Protection Agency.

Britain's health system could slip back by 200 years unless the "catastrophic threat" of antibiotic resistance is successfully tackled, the Government's Chief Medical Officer warns today.

Britain's health system could slip back by 200 years unless the "catastrophic threat" of antibiotic resistance is successfully tackled, the Government's Chief Medical Officer warns today.

A radical new approach in needed urgently to counter the growing threat posed by superbugs resistant to antibiotics, experts have warned.

Research reveals that antibiotic-resistant organisms are gaining a hold on dairy industry

David Phelan confesses to preferring analogue to digital when it comes to books

Those taking antibiotics in study reported more side effects including rash, nausea and diarrhoea

He has 83pc success rate in sniffing out hospital superbug after only two months' training

There’s no doubting the convenience and simplicity of the e-book reader (though for an alternative point of view, and why you should be reading real books, read this.)

Widespread use of antibiotics in hospitals triggered the emergence of two resistant strains of the Clostridium superbug which has killed thousands of people worldwide over the past two decades, a study has shown.