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US scientists test first monthly contraceptive pill in pigs

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that about 16 percent of women between 15 and 44 years of age take birth control pills. In a fir...

Women using permanent hair dye, straighteners at high risk of breast cancer

Based on a 2017 review of 119 studies involving 12 million women from around the globe, the authors found that for every 10 grams of alcohol-that's 3.3 ounces...

HIV Vaccine: Ongoing Trials Have Doctors ‘Optimistic’ For Global Availability By 2021

Once this vaccine is available in the market, it will help lots of people who have HIV-AIDS because once they have the vaccine it makes the viral load undetecta...

Artificial neurons developed to cure chronic diseases

The silicon chips require just 140 nanoWatts of power meaning they are well-suited for implants to treat the aforementioned diseases. That's a billionth the pow...

Kent County Health Department offering free walk-in HIV testing

When it's rolled out in full at the start of next year, it will provide those who enrol with free screenings and prescriptions to those who need them. "The tota...

1 in 5 US adolescents is now prediabetic

The study, which was observed over a 10-year-period between 2005 and 2016, analyzed more than 5,700 people between the ages of 12 and 34. The study showed tha...

Alaska reports first vaping injury case

The teen reported regularly vaping nicotine and THC prodcuts; the THC vaping products reportedly originated outside Alaska. Around the country, nearly 2,300 p...

Raising awareness on World AIDS Day

There were about 8000 people living with HIV on anti-retroviral therapy in B.C. last year, according to data from the centre. Altogether 74 people infected wi...

Sestak ends bid for Democratic nomination for president

In a statement posted to Twitter on December 1, Sestak said the USA needs a leader with a moral compass who will commit to advancing policies for a collective...

Doctors bring dead donor heart back to life in U.S. first

After the heart stops beating, transplant surgeons have to move quickly in procuring the organ and getting it to the recipient in the operating room. "Increas...

Biden takes to Iowa back roads to shore up flagging rural support

The former vice president moved out of the way of his wife's hand and went for her finger. The former Vice President has been dropping in the Iowa polls recen...

Why Everyone Is Talking About That Bizarre 2017 Clip of Joe Biden

The former vice president predicted that if he wins the Iowa caucus, it would be "awful hard to stop me from winning the nomination". "Oh, great, she had a sho...

Samoa shuts down entire government after measles outbreak kills 53 people

He has ordered the government to cease non-essential operations on Thursday and Friday so public servants can help a mandatory vaccination campaign that aims to...

Utah teacher kicked out after homophobic rant about student's gay dads

An investigation into the substitute teacher's comments remains ongoing. According to students in the class, the teacher snapped back saying, "Why on earth wo...

Government shutdown in Samoa amid 'cruel' measles outbreak

After causing devastation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Madagascar and Ukraine, among others, measles cases started appearing en masse earlier this y...

AHS to cut 500 positions in three years: Nurses' union

It means longer wait lists. It means less care. "It likely means more privatization", Harrigan said Friday after learning of the decision in a meeting with the ...

China's Yunnan continues to report fewer new HIV infections

She said, "It is sensational to say that 60,000 people living with HIV in Lagos are missing or on the run". A total of 221 new HIV cases have been reported in...

Fresh case of bubonic plague in China's northern Inner Mongolia region

People who have been bitten by an infected flea usually get the bubonic form of the plague. He is reported to be in stable condition and being treated in a lo...

24-hour mental health phone line launched

The confidential 24/7 "Your Mental Health" line will be run by the national ambulance service for callers to find out about services available in their area. "W...

Loudspeakers are bringing fish back to coral reefs

It's hoped this discovery could help to restore damaged coral reefs . The team saw that broadcasting healthy reef sounds increased the total number of fish a...

BBC allows Boris Johnson interview on Andrew Marr Show

Appearing on BBC One's breakfast show on Friday, Mr McDonnell went on the attack as he accused the PM of trying to avoid being interviewed until after postal ...

Samoa measles outbreak: More children dead as death toll hits 42

World Health Organization said another five people had died Wednesday, bringing the total number of deaths to 37. Measles is caused by a highly contagious vir...

First flu death of the season reported in central North Carolina

This is the second confirmed pediatric influenza death in Texas this flu season. With the holiday season getting underway and people gathering with family and...

US Life Expectancy Is Decreasing. Here’s Why

These early deaths are causing average life expectancy to decline in the United States. Though there were past studies that explored the negative trend of decre...

More deaths in Samoa measles epidemic

Director General of Health , Leausa Dr Take Naseri, said more children needed to be reached. UNICEF are world-leaders with emergency response. The countr...

Fears over Ebola resurgence after responders killed in targeted attack

The number of cases had been dropping in the yearlong outbreak, the second-worst Ebola epidemic in history. A local militia known as Mai Mai has repeatedly at...

FDA approves Global Blood Therapeutics's sickle cell disease drug

We are proud to bring this breakthrough therapy to the SCD community. The treatment will be priced at $10,417 per month, or around $125,000 per year, and will...

First case of influenza confirmed locally

The majority of flu vaccines protect against four different strains of influenza. A flu vaccine is recommended during fall every year for persons age six ...

Second person in Michigan dies from vaping illness

We are deeply saddened to announce a second death associated with this outbreak. MI is urging people not to vape until a specific cause of the lung illnesses ...

HIV Positive Sperm Bank Launched In New Zealand

Daily Mail reported that Sperm Positive has already allowed three HIV-positive men to donate. "A person with HIV infection who is on treatment and has an und...