Health

WHO issues new HIV recommendations calling for earlier treatment

New HIV treatment guidelines by WHO recommend offering antiretroviral therapy (ART) earlier. Recent evidence indicates that earlier ART will help people with HIV to live longer, healthier lives, and substantially reduce the risk of transmitting HIV to...

U.S. issues final rules on contraception coverage and religious organizations

The Obama administration issued final rules that balance the goal of providing women with coverage for recommended preventive care – including contraceptive services prescribed by a health care provider – with no cost-sharing, with the goal of...

Fireworks Displays Spark Safety Concerns

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Medicare Savings Coming for Diabetic Supplies

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Tick Safety Tips for Kids at Summer Camp

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U.S. Women Delay Motherhood, Teen Births Historically Low: CDC

As American women continue to delay parenthood, rates of teenage births and births for women in their early 20s are at all-time lows, federal health officials reported.

Color of Cutlery Could Change How Food Tastes

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Fungus From Tainted Steroid Shots Migrated to Base of Brain, Study Shows

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Only half of U.S. youth meet physical activity standards, NIH study shows

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NIH researchers charted patterns of physical activity, screen time and diet after surveying...

Black Medicaid Recipients Less Likely to Get Living-Donor Kidney: Study

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