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By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – People living with HIV might someday be able to combat the virus with twice-a-year infusions of anti-HIV antibodies instead of daily antiretroviral pills, two preliminary experiments...

By Linda Carroll (Reuters Health) – Whether you survive a cardiac arrest may depend, at least in part, on which emergency medical services agency shows up to treat you, a new study suggests. Researchers found a wide...

HAVANA (Reuters) – U.S. and Cuban research institutes said on Wednesday they were creating the first joint U.S.-Cuban biotech venture to be headquartered on the Communist-run island to bring new cancer therapies to U.S....

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – People struggling with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) might feel better with antidepressants or psychotherapy, a recent study suggests. People with IBS typically suffer from chronic...

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Most men shouldn’t get routine prostate cancer screening because the potential benefits are small and there are clear harms, an international panel of experts concludes. Some men,...

(Reuters) – The number of newborns born with syphilis has reached a 20-year high, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Tuesday, tracking a general increase in several sexually transmitted infections. The...

By Khalid Abdelaziz KHARTOUM (Reuters) – More than 11,000 people in Sudan’s eastern state of Kassala have been infected over the past month by Chikungunya, a debilitating mosquito-borne viral disease, but no deaths...

By Shereen Lehman (Reuters Health) – Drinking water violations may be more common in U.S. counties with greater numbers of minorities, low-income families, and uninsured households, a new report suggests. More efforts are...

By Linda Carroll (Reuters Health) – Health data breaches are on the rise, a new study shows. While the largest number of data breaches occurred at health care providers’ sites – such as hospitals and...

By Martinne Geller LONDON (Reuters) – British tobacco company Imperial Brands aims to launch Nixx, a tobacco-infused e-cigarette, during the first part of 2019, its chief executive said on Tuesday, as the company bolsters...