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Demonstrators protest against the health care reform bill outside ...

(AFP/Getty Images) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:09:51 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images) - Demonstrators protest against the health care reform bill outside Capitol Hill. President Barack Obama's signature drive to remake US health care barely cleared a key Senate hurdle in a narrow party-line vote the White House immediately hailed as an "historic" victory.(AFP/Getty Images/Brendan Hoffman)

Graphic outlining key stages in the separation operation of ...

(AFP/Graphic/File) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:38:26 GMT

(AFP/Graphic/File) - Graphic outlining key stages in the separation operation of Bangladeshi conjoined twins who underwent surgery in Australia.(AFP/Graphic/File)

Belgian patient Rom Houben, seen here using a specially-adapted ...

(AFP) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:22:01 GMT

(AFP) - Belgian patient Rom Houben, seen here using a specially-adapted computer to type messages at the Weyerke institute near Liege. Houben, who was wrongly diagnosed as being in a coma for 23 years, has revived the debate on care for those considered in a vegetative state, with the astonishing case far from unique according to a recent study.(AFP/Stringer)

Healthcare workers at a hospital. A Belgian man thought to have ...

(AFP/File) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:57:50 GMT

(AFP/File) - Healthcare workers at a hospital. A Belgian man thought to have been in a coma for 23 years has told of his "second birth" after doctors realised he was in fact conscious, a German weekly reported Monday.(AFP/File/Simon Maina)

A young Muslim pilgrim casts a stone, symbolising stoning Satan, ...

(AFP/File) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:18:40 GMT

(AFP/File) - A young Muslim pilgrim casts a stone, symbolising stoning Satan, in a ritual called "Jamarat," the last and most dangerous rite of the annual hajj, near the Saudi holy city of Mina in 2008. Days before a forecast three million Muslim pilgrims pack Mecca to begin the holy ritual, the spectre of a possible outbreak of swine flu seems to be fazing few of them.(AFP/File/Khaled Desouki)

Muslim women pray in the courtyard of the Prophet Mohammed Mosque ...

(AFP) — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:12:13 GMT

(AFP) - Muslim women pray in the courtyard of the Prophet Mohammed Mosque in the Saudi holy city of Medina on November 13. People at risk of suffering severe consequences from swine flu should postpone going to the hajj in 2009, according to a study released on Saturday.(AFP/Mahmud Hams)

President Barack Obama's Democratic allies in the Senate ...

(AFP/Getty Images/File) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:20:30 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - President Barack Obama's Democratic allies in the Senate strove to lock down support to prevail in remaking the US health care system. Adding to their confidence, a wavering Democrat, Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska, pictured here in October, said he would vote with his party this time but warned he might side with Republicans in subsequent fights.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Chip Somodevilla)

Muslim pilgrims touch a holy pillar on top of the Mount of Mercy ...

(AFP) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:18:40 GMT

(AFP) - Muslim pilgrims touch a holy pillar on top of the Mount of Mercy (Jabal al-Rahma) in the plain of Arafat, southeast of the holy city of Mecca. Days before a forecast three million Muslim pilgrims pack Mecca to begin the holy ritual of the hajj, the spectre of a possible outbreak of swine flu seems to be fazing few of them.(AFP/Mahmud Hams)

Video: Researchers said that an experimental AIDS vaccine has ...

(AFPTV) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:26:36 GMT

(AFPTV) - Video: Researchers said that an experimental AIDS vaccine has for the first time cut the risk of infection in a "breakthrough" in the quarter-century battle against the deadly epidemic. Duration: 01:22(AFPTV)

A handout photo from the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne ...

(AFP/HO/File) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:38:26 GMT

(AFP/HO/File) - A handout photo from the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne shows guardian Moira Kelly standing between Bangladeshi twins Trishna (left) and Krishna (right) whose conjoined heads and brains were separated earlier this week at the medical facility. Krishna is waking "slowly" and should be conscious later, three days after being separated from her conjoined sister in Australia.(AFP/HO/File/Royal Children's Hospital)

Guardian Moira Kelly (right) is seen standing near the beds ...

(AFP/HO/File) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:29:59 GMT

(AFP/HO/File) - Guardian Moira Kelly (right) is seen standing near the beds of Bangladeshi twins Trishna (L-back) and Krishna at the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne. The twins appeared on Sunday to have beaten the odds with their miracle story of survival, both awaking from landmark separation surgery happy and well.(AFP/HO/File)

Belgian doctor Steven Laureys discovered in 2006 that Rom Houben ...

(AFP/Belga) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:22:01 GMT

(AFP/Belga) - Belgian doctor Steven Laureys discovered in 2006 that Rom Houben was not in a coma for 23 years, but was in fact quite conscious. The story has revived the debate on care for those considered in a vegetative state, with the astonishing case far from unique according to a recent study.(AFP/Belga/Julien Warnand)

This undated illustration shows the DNA double helix. Beaten ...

(AFP/HO/File) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:31:31 GMT

(AFP/HO/File) - This undated illustration shows the DNA double helix. Beaten or sexually abused children are more likely to show accelerated ageing of cells later in life, a condition linked to higher rates of cancer and heart disease, according to a study released Friday.(AFP/HO/File)

According to a poll more than one in 10 people don't realise ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:05:37 GMT

(AFP/File) - According to a poll more than one in 10 people don't realise that a woman can still get pregnant if she has sex standing up.(AFP/File/Nicolas Asfouri)

Graphic on cervical cancer. Women should not get their first ...

(AFP/Graphics) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:40:07 GMT

(AFP/Graphics) - Graphic on cervical cancer. Women should not get their first cervical cancer screening before age 21, according to the leading US group of women's health care professionals who also recommended less frequent subsequent tests.(AFP/Graphics)

Belgian patient Rom Houben is helped by an assistant as he uses ...

(AFP) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:19:55 GMT

(AFP) - Belgian patient Rom Houben is helped by an assistant as he uses a specially-adapted computer to type messages and communicate, at the Weyerke institute in Heusden-Zolder, Belgium.(AFP/Stringer)