WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vaccines that contain a mercury-based preservative called thimerosal cannot cause autism on their own, a special U.S. court ruled on Friday, dealing one more blow to parents seeking to blame vaccines for their children's illness. The special U.S. Court of Federal Claims ruled that vaccines could not have caused the autism of an Oregon boy ...

The Food & Drug Administration (FDA) announced Friday it would reexamine its policy that bans gay men from donating blood, the 'Los Angeles Times' reported.

The FDA currently imposes a lifetime ban on men who have had a sexual relationship ...

Authorities say rescue teams have evacuated 6,000 people, some of them forcibly, from flood-stricken districts in central Mozambique. Authorities said Monday that many impoverished households refused to be relocated for fear of losing their belongings, though their homes were surrounded by rising flood waters. Joao Zambiza, head of disaster ...

LONDON (Reuters) - A further $4.3 billion is needed if a global vaccines alliance is to meet its goal of supplying life-saving immunizations to millions of children in poor countries by 2015, the organization said on Monday. The GAVI Alliance (Global Alliance on Vaccines and Immunisation) said it had asked existing and potential donors to a meeting in The Hague ...