The patient, believed to be 49, was being treated for acute respiratory syndrome and kidney failure

One patient has now been off anti-retroviral drug treatment for 15 weeks and the other for seven weeks

Prices of 'average' hotel rooms leap from $30 to $100

An ambitious plan to roll out HIV treatment to millions more patients around the globe has divided scientists who question whether it is focused on benefiting individuals or halting the spread of the disease.

Explosions and gunfire rang out across the northern Syrian city of Aleppo last night as rebel factions continued to defend the former economic hub against the superior weaponry of regime forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad.

Steve Tongue, who has covered all four of Stuart Pearce's tournaments over the past six years, reports from Israel

In the final part of our series honouring the centenary of Emily Wilding Davison’s death, Loveday Morris talks to a Kurdish poet who dares to assert her countrywomen’s rights against forced marriage, domestic violence and female genital mutilation

It is a misguided belief that Islam requires young women be circumcised

Cancer rates are not expected to rise after Japan's Fukushima nuclear accident as people quickly left the area hit by the world's worst such disaster in 25 years, a UN scientific committee said on Friday.

A new Sars-like virus discovered in humans could pose “a threat to the entire world”, the World Health Organisation warned this week.

Most pregnant women are deficient in iodine, a mineral vital for cognitive development

But up-take remains too low among the worst-hit 10 to 18 age group

The virus is known to cause pneumonia and sometimes kidney failure

French health officials said today they are investigating three suspected cases of a deadly new respiratory virus related to SARS, while a man confirmed to have the virus remains hospitalised.