Antibody helps keep man’s HIV at bay for 10 months An experimental therapy has held back one man’s HIV infection for 10 months, doctors have reported. He was one of 18 people in a small trial...
Blandine, a 28-year-old mother of a baby girl, sits restlessly on a chair in a womens' health centre in Cameroon's capital, not knowing how or what to feel as she waits for an HIV test. But the...
The Democratic Republic of Congo has approved using an experimental Ebola vaccine to combat an outbreak of the virus in the northeast, the government said Monday. "The DRC accepts the use of vaccines...
One hygiene product that has gained huge popularity in recent times is hand sanitizers. As people are becoming aware of the importance of proper hand-washing in reducing harmful germ transmission,...
One hygiene product that has gained huge popularity in recent times is hand sanitizers. As people are becoming aware of the importance of proper hand-washing in reducing harmful germ transmission,...
Women who are infected with genital herpes early in their pregnancy may face twice the risk of bearing a child with autism, a team of US and Norwegian researchers said Wednesday. The report in...
As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office, the Islamic State is on the defensive in three countries and has been all but wiped out in another. Two and a half years after the extremists...
A malaria vaccine that uses a weakened form of the parasite has passed a "critical milestone" in human safety trials, say researchers. Doctors used a genetically modified form of malaria that was...
Breast milk is the Ideal Food for Your Baby. By Abundant Robert K. AWOLUGUTU A newborn has only three demands. They are warmth in the arms of its mother, food from her breasts, and security in the...
August 1-7 is the World Breastfeeding Week (WBW), a week set aside to draw attention to the importance and benefits of breastfeeding.
The slogan and theme for WBW 2016 is breastfeeding: A key to...
A Zika case in France has led scientists to raise the possibility that the virus could be transmitted by oral sex and perhaps even kissing.
In a letter to The New England Journal of Medicine calling...
U.S. health authorities have eased safety restrictions on an experimental drug to treat Ebola, a move that could clear the way for its use in patients infected with the deadly virus.
Canadian...
What should happen if a massive viral outbreak appears out of nowhere and the only possible treatment is an untested drug? And who should receive it? The two American missionaries who contracted the...
Dr. Kent Brantly is back on his feet -- literally -- after receiving a last-ditch, highly experimental drug.
Brantly's and Nancy Writebol's conditions significantly improved after receiving the...
