January 28, 2016 For African women with HIV, not breastfeeding is not easy Healthcare providers need to understand that for HIV-positive African women, following advice not to breastfeed in order to protect their babies from the virus takes a high emotional toll, a U.K. study suggests.
January 28, 2016 Global health body under pressure to stop Zika virus The World Health Organization will hold a special session on Thursday on the Zika virus as the U.N. agency comes under pressure for quick action against the infection linked to thousands of birth defects in Brazil that is spreading through Latin America and the Caribbean.
January 28, 2016 Maternity photos of Australian mom expecting quintuplets go viral Photos of an Australian mother pregnant with quintuplets and posing on the beach have begun going viral.
January 28, 2016 UN to decide if Zika virus is a global health emergency GENEVA (AP) -- Declaring that the Zika virus is "spreading explosively," chief of the World Health Organization announced that it will hold an emergency meeting of independent experts on Monday to decide if the virus outbreak should be declared an international health emergency.
January 28, 2016 5 things to know about the mosquito villain in Zika outbreaks Behind the tropical disease outbreaks that have exploded in Latin America is a tiny menace that just won't go away.
January 28, 2016 The latest: Latin America, Caribbean leaders talk about Zika RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- The latest on the fight against the Zika virus that health officials suspect is linked to a wave of birth defects in Brazil.
January 27, 2016 Discovered in Uganda, Zika there not considered a threat KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) -- Ugandan researchers say the mosquito-transmitted Zika virus is not considered a threat in the African country where it was first discovered in a monkey in 1947.
January 27, 2016 Ukranian villagers say clean water main cause for high number of twin births A Ukranian village dubbed “The Land of Twins” for its extraordinarily common instances of twin births may be poised to enter the Guinness Book of World Records as its total number of twin pairs has surpassed 61.
January 27, 2016 53-year-old Swiss billionaire pregnant with twins Louis Dreyfus Commodities has said that its 53-year-old Swiss billionaire chair is pregnant with twin girls.
January 27, 2016 Danish hospital says case of Zika virus discovered A Danish tourist has been infected by the Zika virus after visiting southern and central America, Danish hospital officials say, but authorities said Wednesday it was not the first case in Europe.