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July 19, 2016

Surging heroin use threatens Kenya's HIV/AIDS gains

Rashid Hassan Mohammed began using drugs when he was 15, after fleeing an abusive home in the Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa and joining a street gang that robbed and stole to buy heroin.

July 19, 2016

Pediatricians encourage sex ed at doc's office, home and school

Children and adolescents should receive age-appropriate and evidence-based education about sex and sexuality from pediatricians, schools, professionals and parents, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics.

July 18, 2016

Could birth control pills hinder your pregnancy chances?

Q&A with Dr. Manny: Are there any infertility risks linked to taking birth control pills for a long period of time?

July 18, 2016

Kansas mother gives birth to 3 sets of twins in 26 months

A mother in Kansas has her hands full after giving birth to her third set of twins in just over two years.

July 18, 2016

Study shows durable benefits of early HIV treatment

Early treatment of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) can dramatically reduce the odds of passing the deadly disease on to others, and the protection persists for years, according to final results from a major study that looked at the timing of antiretroviral therapy, or ART.

July 18, 2016

Smoking during pregnancy may hurt your chances for grandkids

Women who smoke during pregnancy run the risk of having boys with low sperm production in adulthood, an Australian study suggests.

July 17, 2016

Blood transfusions during pregnancy save critically ill babies

Seventeen weeks pregnant with her fourth child, Katie Hauge and her husband Curtis, both of Havre, Mont., decided to have an elective gender ultrasound to find out the sex of their baby.

July 15, 2016

CDC collecting semen from men infected with Zika

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is collecting semen samples from men who have been infected with Zika to learn more about the virus’ transmission patterns.

July 15, 2016

New York reports first female-to-male Zika transmission via sex

New York City's health department on Friday reported the first female-to-male transmission of the Zika virus, which is most typically spread by the bite of an infected mosquito.

July 15, 2016

Antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea on the rise, CDC says

Gonorrhea cases are on the rise, but new data suggest the sexually transmitted disease is becoming resistant to one of two drugs in the dual therapy used to treat it.