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(This June 12 story updates “hotspot list” in paragraph 3 after researchers announced an error in their report; also adds new final paragraph.) By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – A growing number of children...

(This June 14 story revises paragraph 2 to correct the number of women using PReP; revises paragraph 11 to remove a reference to a video that wasn’t part of the study.) By Shereen Lehman (Reuters Health) – Fear of...

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Physicians who maintain board certification by regularly passing exams on current clinical guidelines may provide higher quality care than their colleagues who don’t, a U.S. study...

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Adolescents who don’t get enough sleep may be more likely to develop risk factors for heart disease like high blood pressure and excess body fat, a U.S. study suggests....

By Carolyn Crist (Reuters Health) – Defibrillators implanted in the body to kickstart the heart can be lifesaving for some people, but as patients age they may face difficult conversations about when to replace or...

LUSAKA (Reuters) – A cholera outbreak in Zambia which killed 114 people and made more than 5,000 others sick over eight months has been contained, Health Minister Chitalu Chilufya said on Friday. “We have had 14...

(Reuters) – Britain’s Indivior fell by more than 20 percent on Friday after the U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first generic versions of Suboxone Film, an opioid addiction treatment that...

HONG KONG (Reuters) – A team of AIDS researchers in Hong Kong says its new research, tested on mice, indicates a functional cure for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, eventually leading to a new antibody that could be used...

LONDON (Reuters) – A case of H5N6 bird flu has been confirmed in a wild greylag goose in Northern Ireland, the department of agriculture, environment and rural affairs said on Friday. “This is the second case of H5N6...