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This one falls under "too stupid to believe," but it's actually true. Twitter has banned writer Elizabeth Johnston, who writes at "The Activist Mommy," for her war of words with Teen Vogue editor Phillip Picardi Not only has Twitter banned her, but YouTube will not allow her video commentaries to be monetized. While Johnston's posts and views are controversial to some, none of what she has to say is new. Her views on homosexuality come from the best-selling book in the world — the Bible. The tweet that got her booted was a little salty and perhaps not the best...

The sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer in women is poised to become one of the leading causes of oral cancer in men, according to a new study. The HPV virus now causes as many cancers of the upper throat as tobacco and alcohol, probably due both to an increase in oral sex and the decline in smoking, researchers say. The only available vaccine against HPV, made by Merck & Co. Inc., is currently given only to girls and young women. But Merck plans this year to ask government permission to offer the shot to boys. Experts say a...

There are fears that the exclusion of sexual and reproductive health from the United Nations Millennium Development Goals will accelerate the rate of unsafe abortions and maternal mortality rates in poor countries, writes MEERA MURUGESANGIVE a woman adequate access to contraception and she’ll have the chance to space out her pregnancies, keep herself and her children healthier and avoid unsafe abortions. It’s a simple and logical link but one that policy makers in many countries prefer to ignore as sexual and reproductive health is no longer the compelling issue it was once seen to be, says Dr Steven Sinding (right),...