| CHICAGO (Chicago Tribune) -- Children living next to driveways or parking lots coated with coal tar are exposed to significantly higher doses of cancer-causing chemicals than those living near untreated asphalt, according to a study that raises new questions about commonly used pavement sealants.
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) -- A Hungarian obstetrician known for promoting home births lost an appeal Friday against her two-year prison sentence for malpractice.
(Chicago Tribune) -- Oh, to be born in 2012.
(Chicago Tribune) -- Upon learning they are pregnant, most women dutifully nix the alcohol, sushi and caffeine.
HONG KONG (Deutsche Presse-Agentur) -- Chinese mothers who travel to Hong Kong to give birth to a second child are being fined on their return for breaching Beijing's one-child policy, a radio report said Tuesday.
LONDON (AP) -- Malaria may be killing around twice as many people as experts previously thought, and it could also be hitting older children and adults -- long considered the least susceptible -- a new study suggests.
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) -- Business and social media leaders teamed up Friday to tackle the transmission of HIV from mothers to babies, saying the medicine and the money are largely in place, and with the right organizational skills they can eliminate HIV-infected births by 2015.
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- California did not suffer a single death from whooping cough in 2011, the first year since 1991 that there have been no fatalities in the state from the highly contagious illness, health officials said Tuesday.
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- One of the world's smallest surviving babies is headed home.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Babies don't learn to talk just from hearing sounds. New research suggests they're lip-readers too.
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