BBC News - Health

• UK Ebola medics under investigation
  Five UK Ebola nurses and doctors are under investigation by regulators, Public Health England says.
• Call for global single-use syringes
  Smart syringes that can be used only once should be used for injections, the World Health Organization has announced.
• Deaths in detention 'avoidable'
  The deaths of hundreds of people with mental health conditions who were held in detention could have been avoided, an inquiry in England and Wales finds.
• NHS foundation trusts deficit rises
  NHS foundation trusts are £321m in deficit, as the use of expensive agency staff is having a drastic impact on budgets, says the health regulator Monitor.
• WHO calls for action over Mers virus
  Too little is being done to control the spread of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, which has infected 50 people in Saudi Arabia so far this month, the World Health Organization warns.
• Dementia research to receive £300m
  More than £300m is to be spent by the government on research into dementia, Prime Minister David Cameron announces.
• Fifteen-minute Ebola test approved
  The first rapid blood test for Ebola has been approved for use by the World Health Organization.
• Sunlight harms skin for hours later
  Sunlight continues to damage the skin and increase the risk of cancer for hours after people leave the beach and head indoors, a study shows.
• Patient in '16-hour trolley wait'
  A patient with breathing problems spent 16 hours on a trolley at a hospital that hours later was put on "black alert", her daughter says.
• Drug-resistant malaria 'huge threat'
  Drug-resistant malaria has spread in Myanmar and has now reached the border with India, scientists report.
• Patients face fines on free scripts
  Patients with life-long conditions are being fined up to £100 for taking their free prescriptions, the BBC has discovered.
• A waits worsen across England
  Accident and emergency performance in England's NHS hospitals has dipped slightly in the latest weekly figures.
• Priority call on child mental health
  Child mental health services in England must be prioritised more to tackle the complex problems they face, a leaked draft taskforce report says.
• '4,000 children' waiting for braces
  Thousands of children in west Wales are waiting years for orthodontic treatment because a lack of money has caused a backlog, it is claimed.
• Fertility clinic at hospital reopens
  A scandal-hit fertility clinic based at Glasgow Royal Infirmary is reopening after a £4m refurbishment was carried out.
• Google-backed genetic test approved
  A Californian start-up will be allowed to advertise a mail order DNA test that screens for a rare genetic condition.
• Suicide in men 'highest since 2001'
  The number of men taking their own lives in the UK reached its highest level for more than a decade, official figures show.
• Huddles 'help children's hospital care'
  Small measures that could boost children's care
• Sink or Swim? The global drowning crisis
  Playpens to drones - new ideas to reduce deaths by drowning
• Care in the UK: The costs you face
  As we live longer and with council budgets tight, the social care system that supports us in our later years is under increasing pressure. Find out the costs you might face.