Exclusive: GE wins $1.9 billion order from UK's Hinkley Point nuclear plant

General Electric Co said it will receive $1.9 billion for a contract to supply steam turbines, generators and other equipment to the Hinkley Point C project, the United Kingdom's first new nuclear power plant in decades. By approving Hinkley Point on Thursday, the UK government cleared the way for GE to begin building two 1,770-megawatt Arabelle steam turbines and generators capable of powering six million homes and supplying about 7 percent of the UK's power generation needs for 60 years, GE said.

Study confirms Zika causes brain birth defects, questions remain

LONDON (Reuters) - Early results from a crucial case-control study in Brazil have confirmed a direct causal link between Zika virus infection in pregnant women and the brain damaging birth defect microcephaly in their babies, scientists said on Thursday.

Clinton campaign says it could have better handled health scare

By Alana Wise and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign acknowledged on Monday that it mishandled a health scare for the Democratic candidate that revived concerns about a tendency toward secrecy that has dogged her run for the White House. Clinton, 68, and Republican rival Donald Trump, 70, both intend to release more medical details in the coming days after the former secretary of state came down with pneumonia, highlighting a focus on their health in the run-up to the Nov. 8 election. Clinton canceled a trip to California to recuperate.

Disability rights groups seek intervention on Wisconsin teen's plans to die

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Disability rights groups said on Thursday they have asked child protective services to intervene in the case of a severely disabled Wisconsin teenager who suffers chronic pain from her disease and wants to die.

In older age, sex may be good for women, less so for men

By Kathryn Doyle (Reuters Health) - Among people in their mid-50s or older who report having frequent, enjoyable sex, women are likely to have better than average heart health while men are more likely to have heart attacks and other problems, a U.S. study suggests. “The results for women are consistent with our expectation, but the results for men were surprising,” said lead author Hui Liu, an associate professor of sociology at Michigan State University in East Lansing. Older men may have more difficulties reaching an orgasm for medical or emotional reasons and may exert themselves to a greater degree of exhaustion and create relatively more stress on their cardiovascular system in order to achieve climax, Liu told Reuters Health by email.

GMC says patients will suffer if junior doctors' strikes go ahead

The body that regulates the medical profession warns that patients will suffer if junior doctors in England go ahead with a series of five one-day strikes next week.

Singapore PM Lee says he is 'alright' after fainting on stage two weeks ago

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said in a televised interview broadcast on Sunday that he was "alright", after he took ill two weeks ago during a national day rally speech. In his first televised appearance since the incident, Lee told local television Channel 5 that doctors concluded that he had suffered "vasovagal syncope", which is the most common type of fainting. Doctors went over me very thoroughly the same night and after that night and they went through all the possible causes on why it could have happened," Lee said.

Rugby-Cancer patient Lealiifano awarded top Brumbies prize

Wallabies back Christian Lealiifano was awarded the ACT Brumbies' top prize at an emotional club function on Friday as he continues his battle against leukaemia. Lealiifano's diagnosis was announced by the Canberra-based Super Rugby team a month ago, prompting an outpouring of global support for the 28-year-old playmaker. Named the Brett Robinson Players' Player of the Year and also Best Brumbies Back, co-captain Lealiifano was released from hospital this week after a first round of chemotherapy.