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February 16, 2016

What a review of 450 sex injuries reveals

To mark the occasion of Valentine's Day, Vice News and MedPage Today dug into all the horrific ways that lovemaking can potentially go wrong.

February 16, 2016

Pregnant women should consider delaying travel to Zika areas: WHO

Women who are pregnant should consider putting off travel to areas infected with the Zika virus as a precautionary measure, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday in new advice.

February 16, 2016

WHO backs mosquito bacteria, gene trials to tackle Zika virus

The World Health Organization backed trials of genetically modified mosquitoes and a bacteria that infects insects as potentially important weapons in the fight against the Zika virus, it said in a statement on Tuesday.

February 15, 2016

Eating lots of fish in pregnancy linked to obesity risk for kids

Pregnant women who eat more than three servings of fish a week - that is, more than the maximum recommended by U.S. health regulators - may face an increased risk of having babies who grow rapidly and become obese in childhood, a research review suggests.

February 15, 2016

Timeline: Zika's origin and global spread

The following timeline charts the origin and spread of the Zika virus from its discovery in Uganda nearly 70 years ago: 1947 - Scientists researching yellow fever in Uganda's Zika Forest isolate the virus in samples taken from a rhesus monkey 1948 - Virus recovered from Aedes africanus mosquito in the Zika forest 1952 - First human cases detected in Uganda and Tanzania 1954 - Virus found in young girl in Nigeria 1960s-1980s - Zika detected in mosquitoes and monkeys in band of countries stretching across equatorial Africa 1969-1983 - Zika is found in equatorial Asia, including India, Indonesia, Malaysia and Pakistan 2007 - Zika spreads from Africa and Asia to cause the first large outbreak in the Pacific island of Yap 2012 - Two distinct lineages of the virus, African and Asian, are identified by researchers 2013-2014 - Zika outbreaks in French Polynesia, Easter Island, the Cook Islands and New Caledonia.

February 15, 2016

4 natural solutions for erectile dysfunction

Experimental treatments for erectile dysfunction (ED) date back centuries from the truly exotic— like dining on shark fins— to various forms of yoga and rare herbal supplements.

February 14, 2016

Study suggests couples have 67 percent more sex when they do this at home

Here’s some sweet insight for your Valentine’s Day weekend: Getting your partner in the mood may be as simple as switching on some tunes, suggests an observational study conducted by Sonos, which released its findings Wednesday.

February 11, 2016

Back to its roots: How Zika may threaten Africa

Florzinha Amado is eight months pregnant and trying to stay calm about whether the Zika virus infection she contracted at 21 weeks could have harmed her unborn child.

February 11, 2016

Catholic group urges pope to allow contraception to fight Zika

A Roman Catholic group appealed to Pope Francis on Wednesday to allow Church members to "follow their conscience" and use contraception or to let women have abortions to protect themselves against the Zika virus.

February 10, 2016

Olympic medals prospect Kenya causes stir in weighing Zika and Rio

Kenya, with its stellar medal prospects for the Rio Games, caused a stir on Tuesday when the head of its Olympics committee said the team might withdraw because of Zika, but officials said later it was too soon to decide on the impact of the virus.