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February 25, 2016

US soccer's Solo, worried about Zika, says may skip Rio games

Renowned U.S. soccer player Hope Solo said Thursday she was unlikely to join her teammates for the Rio Olympic Games without more information about Zika as she hoped to have children and was concerned about the virus' health effects.

February 25, 2016

Health officials in Las Vegas declare syphilis outbreak

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Health officials have declared a syphilis outbreak in the Las Vegas area.

February 25, 2016

3 pregnant women in Florida test positive for Zika virus

Florida health officials said Wednesday that three pregnant women in the state had tested positive for the Zika virus.

February 25, 2016

UN advises women in Zika-afflicted countries to breastfeed babies

LONDON (AP) -- The World Health Organization says women in countries hit by the Zika virus should breastfeed their babies and there is no proof the disease can spread to their infants that way.

February 25, 2016

Zika outbreak will worsen before it gets better, WHO head says

The head of the World Health Organization warned Wednesday that the Zika outbreak would likely worsen before nations besieged by the mosquito-borne virus linked to thousands of birth defects in Brazil see relief.

February 25, 2016

Czech Republic reports first 2 Zika cases

The Czech Republic has identified its first cases of the mosquito-borne Zika virus in two Czechs returning from separate trips to the Caribbean, Health Minister Svatopluk Nemecek said on Thursday.

February 24, 2016

A good weight loss program is hard to find online

Looking for weight loss programs online might not work very well for people who want a bricks-and-mortar place to go for support shedding excess pounds, a small U.S. study suggests.

February 24, 2016

More PET scans may not help lung, esophageal cancer survivors

Getting expensive radioactive imaging tests to see if a cancer of the lung or esophagus has recurred is not linked to better survival, according to a new study.

February 24, 2016

CDC investigating 14 reports of Zika virus being sexually transmitted

U.S. health officials are investigating more than a dozen possible Zika infections that may have been spread through sex.

February 23, 2016

CDC probing 14 new reports of Zika sexual transmission

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Tuesday it was investigating 14 new reports of possible sexual transmission of the mosquito-borne Zika virus, including several involving pregnant women.