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WHO has come up with a best practice guide for naming new infectious disease. The goal is to prevent unnecessary and serious impacts on nations, people and economies.

Perception and reality of what new fathers do in terms of housework and childcare is quite different, reveals a new report that indicates the extra house and parent workload for new mothers may lead to side-lining of the...

More women with college degrees are having children, study indicates. Findings suggest women finding it easier to balance work and having a family.

A decision by a board of experts would have BPA-containing products such as plastic bottles and canned goods that are distributed in California bear a label that warns of the harmful effect of BPA on women's reproductive...

(University of Montreal) Rift Valley fever virus' proteins imitate human DNA repair factors, say University of Montreal scientists. Using drugs to dam this chemical reaction would condemn the disease's infectiousness.