AIDS vaccine made by Crucell has shown success in blocking the AIDS virus in monkeys. The claim has been made by a Harvard scientist.

The scientist wrote in an online journal Nature about the new vaccine. The vaccine was successful in keeping away the virus for up to 500 days. This, he considers, is a breakthrough in developing an AIDS vaccine.

Having a flu shot for influenza may give you protection against thrombosis. According to a study conducted by the researchers of University Paris Descartes, the flu shot protected against two types of blood clots - deep vein thrombosis i. e. clotting in the leg and pulmonary embolism i. e. clot in the lungs in by 26% of cases under review.

More than 1400 patients were included in the research. It was found that the flu shot reduced the occurrence of blood clots in 52 years old by 48%. Whereas in women under 51 it was 50% and 59% in women taking oral contraceptive pills.

A 38-year-old infertile woman from London is about to set a record by becoming the first woman to give birth following a full ovary transplant to result in a successful pregnancy.

The woman was declared sterile when her ovaries stopped producing hormones when she was 15 and went through menopause while still in her teens. In a revolutionary new procedure she became pregnant just over a year after receiving a donor ovary from her identical twin sister.

The Health Department has issued a statement regarding prevention from the highly contagious stomach flu that has spread in the New York City. Due to the flu, emergency room visits have increased nearly 20 % over the last two weeks, to about 400 people a day, with people complaining of vomiting and diarrhea.