South Africa's polygamist president has apologized to the nation after being criticized for having an extramarital affair that resulted in a daughter born in October. Analysts had argued that the love child revelations would have little impact because South African voters overwhelmingly supported Jacob Zuma in last year's ...

Confirmation that President Jacob Zuma, who has three wives and a fiancee, has fathered a child with yet another woman has prompted jokes in South Africa's media but has also hit a nerve in a country hardest hit by the virus that causes AIDS ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who have a hysterectomy for non-cancerous conditions seem to fare similarly well in terms of psychological well-being whether they have all or part of the uterus removed, a new study finds. Studies have shown that rates of partial hysterectomies have been on the rise since the 1990s, in the U.S. and other countries. A ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Global attention is turning away from the AIDS epidemic at just the wrong time and means a fresh wave of the disease could infect millions of people in high-risk countries, a leading expert said Friday. Alan Whiteside, director of the health economics & HIV/AIDS research division (HEARD) at Kwazulu Natal University said many African countries, where the ...