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By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – When parents of boys don’t enjoy parenthood or don’t spend a lot of time playing or talking with them, their sons may be more likely to use guns in adolescence, a U.S. study...

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Women in science receive smaller research grants than men even when they have similar qualifications, a U.S. study suggests. Researchers analyzed 53,903 grants awarded by the National...

By Ankur Banerjee (Reuters Health) – U.S. government spending on abstinence-only education doesn’t appear to reduce teen pregnancies and in some areas is having the opposite effect, a recent study suggests. Across...

BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s state planner pledged on Tuesday to resolutely control African swine fever, an incurable pig disease sweeping through the country’s hog herd, while adding it will stabilize supplies...

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – The measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine isn’t associated with an increased risk of autism even among kids who are at high risk because they have a sibling with the disorder, a...

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Children who see young social media influencers promote junk food may consume more unhealthy calories, a new study suggests. Advertising aimed at kids has long been linked to an...

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Kids with eczema – even mild eczema – may be more likely to have poor quality sleep than children who don’t have this common skin disorder, a UK study suggests. Eczema,...

KINSHASA (Reuters) – An Ebola treatment center at the epicenter of the current outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has resumed operations after it was closed in response to an attack last week, the Congolese...