The Latest Breaking News on Ageing

Older U.S. adults are increasingly dying from unintentional falls, and white people account for the vast majority of the deaths

MPs will likely vote on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill on Friday, which could see it either progress to the House of Lords or fall.

Kraamzorg system, where care assistants visit new mothers at home, is threatened by labour shortage and competition

Officials in Ireland are starting work to excavate the site of a former church-run home for unmarried women and their babies to identify the remains of some 800 infants and young children who died there

Our obligations to each other are ill served if laws focus unduly on those who want assisted dying. The priority should be the best palliative care, says former prime minister Gordon Brown

The average age has risen by nearly a year, up from 26.6 to 27.5 years old

The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill is due to have its third reading vote on Friday.

Excavation crews begin sealing off site in Tuam, Co Galway, before full-scale dig starts on 14 July

Indian men spend less time on unpaid domestic and caregiving work compared to the women, and the little time they do spend is also concentrated in outdoor activities such as shopping, travelling, moving and transporting for family needs, and playing with children, an analysis of data from the Time Use…

The language of health insurance is so dense that it could do with its own glossary, which can make finding the right policy confusing and challenging. Here are three terms to understand about private health cover before you take the plunge.

A defender of Lucy Letby was motivated by a sexual attraction to "pretty young blonde females", a key witness who was central to her conviction has suggested.