France says orders Microsoft to stop collecting excessive data by users

The French data protection authority issued a formal notice to Microsoft Corporation to stop collecting excessive data from users without their consent, it said on Wednesday. The Chair of the National Data Protection Commission (CNIL) said Microsoft had three months to comply with French law and "to stop collecting excessive data and tracking browsing by users without their consent," it said in a statement.

Could artificial sweeteners make people more hungry?

Artificial sweeteners can increase appetite by activating hunger pathways in the body, scientists discover - at least in animals.

Boy, 3, with organs outside his abdomen to undergo surgery

A three-year-old from Ghana born with his organs outside his abdomen is to undergo life-saving surgery at an Oxford hospital.

Australia declares AIDS no longer public health issue

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia declared on Monday the AIDS epidemic is no longer a public health issue there, a month after the United Nations adopted an ambitious target to eliminate the threat globally by 2030.

India's Kerala imposes 'fat tax' on junk food

India's peaceful tourist hotspot Kerala has become the first state in the country to impose a "fat tax" on junk food in a bid to counter rising obesity. "There has been an alarming trend in growth of unhealthy eating habits among Keralites and we hope the fat tax will be a deterrent," Rajan N Khobragade, the state's commissioner of commercial taxes, told The Times of India newspaper.

Take Care of Yourself When You're the Caregiver

Get tips on how to get keep yourself healthy and get the support you need if you're a caregiver.

Free at Rio Olympics: 9 million forest-friendly condoms

By Ricardo Moraes XAPURI, Brazil (Reuters) - Brazil's government will hand out 9 million condoms for free around Rio de Janeiro during the Olympics in August, a push meant to encourage safe sex and also defend the Amazon rainforest. Rio's local Olympic organizing committee said about 450,000 of the sustainably-produced condoms will be destined for athletes and staff housed in the Olympic Village. The rest will be made widely available to the many visitors who will be arriving in the city in just a few weeks, the Health Ministry said.

Shortage of syringes hampers Congo's fight against yellow fever

KINSHASA (Reuters) - A shortage of syringes is hampering plans to vaccinate people in Democratic Republic of Congo against a yellow fever epidemic despite the arrival of more than one million doses of vaccine, health officials said on Tuesday.