HIV Transmission Through Breast Milk Reduced By 6-Month Drug Regimen

Giving breastfeeding infants of HIV-infected mothers a daily dose of the antiretroviral drug nevirapine for six months halved the risk of HIV transmission to the infants at age 6 months compared with giving infants the drug daily for six weeks, according to preliminary clinical trial data…

Nearly Half Of Women Alter Childbearing Plans Because Of Recession, Guttmacher Study Finds

Forty-four percent of working-class women want to have fewer children or delay pregnancy because of the economic recession, according to a study by the Guttmacher Institute, the Washington Post’s “Daily Dose” reports.