A 58-year-old Australian, condemned as a most unregenerate rapist, has been jailed for 26 years. The sentence is also the highest for child-sex-offenders in the history of Victoria.

Police in Zimbabwe have arrested five US health workers and a Zimbabwean doctor for allegedly operating an AIDS clinic without a licence in the capital Harare.

A Dutch-trained doctor, found guilty of treating multiple sclerosis patients with stem cells from cows, could be struck off by the General Medical Council of the UK.

Malpractice suits continue to exact a toll on the US health care system, costing as much as (Dollor) 54.4 billion in 2008, constituting 2.4 per cent of total

From a prison sentence of 29 years for going through an abortion, six women will get it reuced to eight years because of a reform in central Mexico, reported defense groups.

The US Justice Department moved Tuesday to block a court ruling preventing use of government funds for embryonic stem cell research. “The government is

A federal appeals court on Friday has upheld a ruling against claims that vaccination had led to autism. In their petition Theresa and Michael Cedillo

Stemcell research will be a controversial issue in the election year as the US Justice Department takes the risk of appealing against a judicial decision to block federal funding.

A 23-year-old Canadian girl, charged with faking terminal cancer in order to coax money out of others, has been released on bail. She had said she was

GlaxoSmithKline is under fire in Sweden for producing vaccinations for swine flu, causing narcolepsy,and is being subjected to an inquiry by Sweden’s Medical Products Agency.