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On the eve of this year’s International Women’s Day, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has partnered with Groupon Malaysia to raise awareness and support for nutrition activities that benefit mothers and children in Asia.

HIV-positive children older than 1 year who were treated after showing moderate HIV-related symptoms did not experience greater cognitive or behavior problems compared to peers treated when signs of their infection were still mild, according to a study funded by the National Institutes of Health.

Egg-producing stem cells isolated from an adult human ovary can generate an oocyte (above) in culture. Image by White et al., courtesy of Nature.

A bacterium delivers a lethal injection to another cell. Illustration by Everett Kane.

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has published implementing rules related to Declarations of Interest (DOIs), one of the cornerstones of its recently adopted Policy on Independence and Scientific Decision-Making Processes. The rules related to Declarations of Interest (DOIs) continue to strengthen the procedures in place for screening and managing interests declared by those involved in EFSA’s activities. The new rules provide a clearer and more transparent set of general principles applicable to all those engaging in EFSA’s work – scientific experts, staff, members of the Management Board and third party organisations, including external contractors. The implementing rules allow EFSA to tap into the best scientific expertise available while ensuring – for both the organisation and its experts - independence and integrity throughout all areas of the Authority’s governance and work. The rules will be presented publicly for the first time today at an information session in Brussels for stakeholders and interested parties. EFSA has utilised the new rules in the ongoing re-establishment of its Scientific Committee and eight of its Scientific Panels. For all other individuals and processes concerned, the rules will enter into force as of 1 July 2012, with a 4-month transition period.

Nearly every child in the world gets infected with rotavirus by age three, and the diarrhea it causes can result in severe dehydration and death.

Older people with even mild hearing loss are three times more likely to fall than older people with normal hearing.

Specially-designed anti-diarrhoeal kits fit snugly between Coke bottles

A home in the capital's densely-packed Caicoli District

An experimental drug could help protect against brain damage during a stroke, reducing the risk of permanent disability.