Key trial of Seaside autism drug fails to show benefit
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The first-ever drug designed to treat social impairments associated with autism failed to show a benefit in a midstage trial, representing a blow to families and to...
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Task force calls for routine HIV testing for all adults
CHICAGO (Reuters) - An influential U.S. panel is calling for HIV screening for all Americans aged 15 to 65, regardless of whether they are considered to be at high risk,...
U.S.-backed HIV vaccine fails; study halted
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The National Institutes of Health on Thursday halted a study testing an experimental HIV vaccine after an independent review board found the vaccine did not prevent HIV...
New technology speeding progress on bird flu vaccine
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Even as U.S. officials this week awaited the arrival of a sample of the new bird flu virus from China - typically the first step in making...
U.S. says following new bird flu closely, preparing vaccine
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Thursday it was monitoring a new strain of bird flu and has started work on a...
U.S. TB rates reach all-time low, but resistance a threat
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Tuberculosis rates in the United States reached an all-time low in 2012, with fewer than 10,000 cases reported even as the global threat of drug-resistant TB rises,...
U.S. TB rates reach all-time low, but resistance a threat
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Tuberculosis rates in the United States reached an all-time low in 2012, with fewer than 10,000 cases reported even as the global threat of drug-resistant TB rises,...
Less frequent mammograms don’t increase risks after age 50 : study
CHICAGO (Reuters) - In the latest installment in the mammogram debate, a new study finds that getting a mammogram every other year instead of annually did not increase the risk...
Less frequent mammograms don’t increase risks after age 50 : study
CHICAGO (Reuters) - In the latest installment in the mammogram debate, a new study finds that getting a mammogram every other year instead of annually did not increase the risk...
Many poor heterosexuals in U.S. cities at risk for HIV
(Reuters) - Roughly 2 percent of 8,500 poor heterosexuals living in U.S. cities with high rates of HIV infection tested positive for the virus that causes AIDS, and nearly half...