February 22, 2016 Study finds anti-AIDS vaginal ring partially protects women Researchers say women who inserted a vaginal ring coated with an anti-AIDS drug once a month were partially protected against HIV infection.
February 22, 2016 HPV rate in teen girls drops by more than 60 percent The prevalence of human papillomavirus (HPV) infections among teenage girls in the United States has dropped by more than 60 percent since the vaccine against the cancer-causing virus was introduced a decade ago, according to a new study.
February 22, 2016 Mothers may pass daughters a brain wired for depression Mothers may pass on vulnerability to depression in much the same way they give their daughters green eyes or curly hair - girls might inherit a brain structure that's predisposed to mood disorders, a small U.S. study suggests.
February 22, 2016 CDC, Brazil start big study to test Zika link to birth defects U.S. and Brazilian researchers are heading to João Pessoa in the state of Paraíba on Monday to recruit mothers and babies in one of the biggest government-led studies to understand whether the Zika virus is linked to microcephaly, a rare birth defect.
February 19, 2016 'Bionic model' and girl born without left forearm inspire at New York Fashion Week Rebekah Marine, the woman dubbed by some as “the bionic model,” strutted the catwalk at New York Fashion Week for the third season this month, but this time she had a partner— a girl born without a left forearm.
February 19, 2016 UN says Zika virus will be 'way down' before Rio hosts Olympics GENEVA (AP) -- The head of the World Health Organization's Zika response team is predicting that Brazil will host a "fantastic Olympics" and that the mosquito-borne virus will be "way down" by the time the Summer Games begin in Rio de Janeiro on Aug. 5.
February 19, 2016 WHO says increasing evidence of Zika link with microcephaly The World Health Organization said on Friday there was an increasing accumulation of evidence of an association between the Zika virus and microcephaly, a neurological disorder in babies, but it could take 4-6 months to prove.
February 19, 2016 Brazil says 'most' of confirmed microcephaly cases linked to Zika Brazil's Health Ministry on Wednesday said that "most" of the 508 confirmed cases of microcephaly reported in the country are likely related to the ongoing outbreak of Zika virus infections.
February 19, 2016 Experts question assumption that Zika sickens just 1 out of 5 Since the beginning of the Zika outbreak in Brazil that is now spreading rapidly in the Americas, public health authorities have cited a statistic that only about one in five people infected by the virus develops any symptoms.
February 19, 2016 Zika-hit Puerto Rico prepares to import all of its blood supplies New guidelines barring the collection of blood in areas with outbreaks of the mosquito-borne Zika virus will be put to the test first in cash-strapped Puerto Rico, where health officials have two weeks to start importing the island's supply.