Science, Health & Recalls June 30

The night before National HIV Testing Day the U.S. government unit, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the rate of HIV/AIDS among gay men is rising despite falling prevalence among heterosexuals and drug users, The Chicago Tribune reports. The CDC said in a report noting that HIV/AIDS diagnoses among men who have intercourse [...]

Science, Health & Recalls May 12

Two families in Portland, Oregon will take on the medical system with a Federal court case they filed alleging that a mercury-based preservative in vaccines triggers autism, the Associated Press reports. The families will use two 10-year-old boys to show that children developing normally can become prone to autism when exposed to vaccines with thimerosal. The CDC [...]

Science, Health & Recalls Week of April 7

Scientists at Newcastle University created the U.K.’s first part-human, part-animal hybrid embryos, the BBC reports. The embryos survived up to three days. Medical groups argue the work could help find treatments for diseases including Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s. Identigene, a unit of the Sorenson Genomics laboratory in Salt Lake City, announced the DNA Paternity Test Collection Kit [...]

Science, Health & Recalls Week of March 31

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Tek Nek Toys announced the recall of the Rock ‘N Ride Plush Rocker Toys. The company is recalling about 122,000 units because the base of the rocker can become unstable and tip forward or backward. The company received 35 reports of the rockers tipping over. The U.S. Consumer [...]