Women carrying human papillomavirus (HPV) run an elevated risk of preterm birth, a University of Gothenburg study shows. A connection can thus be seen between the virus itself and the risk for preterm birth that previously has been observed in pregnant women who have undergone treatment for abnormal cell changes due to HPV.
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told CNN he won’t lose any sleep over US military forces from China and Russia and dismissed accusations by some conservative politicians and media figures that the US military’s latest recruiting efforts to attract more diversity and be more inclusive are weakening America’s security.
We’ve got all the best Memorial Day Chromebook deals rounded up along with some insight on whether now is the time to buy one.
The PS4 has more indie games than Journey and Shovel Knight. Ranging from quirky to scary, here are the best.
In its first reaction to President Biden’s summit with President Moon Jae-in of South Korea, North Korean state media warned of an arms race.
Not so long ago, a wave of long-form entreaties rolled through social media insisting that we stop building rock cairns. Like many who scrolled past them, I couldn’t quite imagine the offending structures they meant, let alone recall constructing one myself. The cairns in question turned out, mundanely, to be those little stacks of flat …
Tens of thousands protested in several Brazilian cities to demand President Jair Bolsonaro’s removal due to his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Brazil is one of the hardest-hit countries in the world and is now facing a possible third wave of Covid-19. Less than 10 percent of its total population of 210 million is fully …
Getting in shape isn’t easy. But after all that hard work, how long do we actually maintain it? Turns out that even the great effort we put into training, taking a bit of time off can mean that we become “unfit” much faster than it took us to actually get in shape.
Avocados have become an increasingly popular food in recent years, with people blending the creamy fruit in their smoothies or slicing it to layer on top of toast.
Students from an Islamic school in the north-central Nigerian state of Niger were indiscriminately shot at and abducted Sunday by a group of “armed bandits,” state police said in a statement.