Moscow - Russia's AIDS epidemic is worsening and at least two million people are likely to be infected with HIV in about five...
Moscow - Russia's AIDS epidemic is worsening and at least two million people are likely to be infected with HIV in about five...
Paris - Drug-resistant typhoid has become an invisible epidemic in Africa, scientists said on Monday after an unprecedented probe into the disease. Writing...
Miami - Hispanics in the United States face a higher risk than whites of dying from diabetes and liver disease, according to the...
Bogota--The virus chikungunya has killed 25 people in Colombia in less than a year, the National Health Institute said Monday. Since the illness...
Paris--Women who are obese while pregnant may put their offspring at risk of childhood diabetes, a condition that requires lifelong insulin therapy, Swedish...
London--Britain's first legally-approved HIV self-testing kit went on sale online on Monday, promising a result in just 15 minutes with a 99.7 percent...
Washington--PepsiCo said Friday it was bowing to customer demand and doing away with the controversial sweetener aspartame in its diet line of cola...
Paris--French biotechnology company MedDay on Friday announced encouraging results for a multiple sclerosis (MS) drug trial, saying it decreased its progress and in...
Sydney--An Australian blogger and author who became a hit after claiming she was winning a battle with brain cancer through wholefoods and alternative...
Washington--US regulators assessing homeopathic treatments' safety and efficacy could overhaul rules of the multi-billion-dollar industry, they said Tuesday. Two days of public hearings...
Paris--A form of mental training which helps people recognise the onset of depression, and control it, works as well as anti-depressants in preventing...
Acapulco, Mexico--Authorities in Mexico's Pacific resort of Acapulco are fumigating streets and homes to combat an outbreak of the mosquito-borne chikungunya virus, but...
Paris--In the biggest survey of its kind, British researchers reported Wednesday that e-cigarettes are popular with young adolescents, but few who try them...
London--Roman emperor Julius Caesar may have suffered a series of mini-strokes, explaining his dark mood in later life, according to doctors at London's...
Berlin--A 65-year-old Berlin woman who already has 13 children is pregnant again with quadruplets, German media reported Sunday. The Russian and English teacher's...
Miami--The discovery of a contagious cancer spreading among edible clams off the northeast US and Canadian coasts has stunned scientists and raised new...
Paris--Researchers said Wednesday a lab-manufactured antibody "significantly" reduced HIV blood levels in a small but promising human trial, and caused no harmful side...
Paris--Samples from mummies in a Hungarian crypt have revealed that multiple tuberculosis strains derived from a single Roman ancestor that circulated in 18th-century...
