Two leading credit rating agencies downgrade some of Spain's largest banks, citing a deteriorating outlook for the Spanish economy.

When it comes to vitamins, it appears you could have too much of a good thing, say researchers who have found a link between use and higher death rates among older women.

Despite a sharp rise in profits, US aluminium-maker Alcoa announces quarterly results that fall well short of analysts' expectations.

US Senate Republicans block President Barack Obama's $447bn (£287bn) jobs bill in a procedural vote.

Life expectancy for people with HIV in the UK has increased by 15 years in the past decade, thanks to modern drugs and earlier treatment, a study suggests.

In the city where doctors first pioneered ultrasound the same technology is now being used to treat broken bones.

The House of Lord is to vote on whether to delay the government's NHS bill for England, which ministers say could kill it off altogether.

The government bill overhauling the NHS in England could be scuppered completely if peers vote to delay it further, a health minister has warned.