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US panel scraps hepatitis B vaccine guidance for newborns
Reuters, Published on 06/12/2025
» WASHINGTON - US vaccine advisers have scrapped a long-standing recommendation that all American newborns receive the hepatitis B shot, a major policy win for health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr that disease experts say will reverse decades of public health gains.
Relative of Jack the Ripper victim demands new inquest
AFP, Published on 13/01/2025
» LONDON - A descendant of one of Jack the Ripper's victims has demanded a new inquest into one of history's most notorious serial killers, after DNA evidence suggested the murderer was a Polish barber.
Dutch court orders sperm donor to stop after 550 children
AFP, Published on 28/04/2023
» THE HAGUE: Dutch judges on Friday ordered a man suspected of fathering more than 550 children through sperm donations to stop donating, in the latest fertility scandal to shock the Netherlands.
'Snip-snip! Hooray!': TikTok trend dispels vasectomy myths
AFP, Published on 09/03/2023
» WASHINGTON: Squeezing his eyes shut, a man breaks into song while filming himself getting a vasectomy -- a TikTok trend helping dispel misinformation about the procedure whose demand has soared following US upheaval over abortion rights.
Sperm count is declining at accelerating rate worldwide: study
AFP, Published on 16/11/2022
» PARIS: Sperm count among men worldwide is falling at an accelerated rate after halving over the last 40 years, a large new study said Tuesday, calling for action to stop the decline.
Japan's sperm donation law spurs controversy
AFP, Published on 21/10/2022
» Satoko Nagamura and her girlfriend conceived their son with donated sperm, but new legislation in Japan could effectively outlaw the procedure for lesbian couples and single women.
Canada's top doctor urges mask wearing during sex, no kissing
AFP, Published on 03/09/2020
» OTTAWA - Canada's chief public health officer on Wednesday urged couples to wear masks during sex to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus.
Washington zoo welcomes 'precious' new baby panda
AFP, Published on 22/08/2020
» WASHINGTON - Washington zoo officials heralded the arrival of "a precious giant panda cub" Friday, following the much-watched birth of panda Mei Xiang's latest baby, four years after her last pregnancy.
Southern white rhino born at US zoo, could help save species
AFP, Published on 31/07/2019
» LOS ANGELES - A southern white rhino conceived through artificial insemination was born at the San Diego Zoo in what was called a historic milestone that could help save a subspecies from extinction.
Death in China zoo puts rarest turtle on cusp of oblivion
AFP, Published on 15/04/2019
» SHANGHAI: The world's rarest turtle has moved a step closer to extinction after a female specimen died in a Chinese zoo, leaving behind just three known members of the species.