I’m a 50-year old woman, recently single and I’ve started dating. I’ve used condoms, but somehow I have contracted HPV. 

Humanity is continuing to grow and the Earth’s population could hit 12bn by 2100, according to a new prediction by experts.

Almost one third of the world is now fat, and no country has been able to curb obesity rates in the last three decades, according to a new global analysis.

Weary rescuers have battled rain and exhaustion in the search for more bodies - and perhaps a miracle – among the pile of filth and debris that laid waste to a Washington town and killed at least 25 people.

While much of corporate America is retrenching on the property front, the four most influential technology companies in America are each planning headquarters that could win a Pritzker Architecture Prize for hubris.

Scientists are confirming that 15lbs of rock collected recently in Morocco fell to Earth from Mars during a meteorite shower last July.

Libya’s rebels began as a disparate group of former government insiders, Western-leaning intellectuals, businessmen and even a smattering of ex-Islamist militants.

A funky, psychedelic fish that bounces chaotically on the ocean floor like a rubber ball has been classified as a new species.

An American student suspected in last year’s killing of her British flatmate Meredith Kercher proclaimed her innocence again today during a hearing in Perugia to decide if she must face trial.

Eco-activists blamed for fires that destroyed three environmentally friendly millionaires-row homes and damaged two others may have used only simple materials to exploit a legal loophole and avoid a huge jail sentence, it was claimed today.

Americans are living longer than ever, but not as long as people in 41 other countries.

POSSIBLE signs of alien life have been found in a second Martian meteorite.

OLDER people who exercise three or more times a week are less likely to develop Alzheimer’s and other types of dementia, according to a study that adds to evidence that staying active can keep the mind sharp.

Three environmental groups are suing the US government, seeking to protect polar bears from extinction because of disappearing Arctic sea ice.

Three environmental groups sued the US government today, seeking to protect polar bears from extinction because of disappearing Arctic sea ice.

THE Dublin Chamber and Northern Ireland Chamber of Commerce and Industry are leading a joint business mission to Seattle and Vancouver this week to visit Boeing, the University of Washington, Microsoft and the Vancouver Board of Trade.

NEW satellite observations show that sea ice in the Arctic is melting faster while air temperatures in the region are rising sharply, scientists say.

New satellite observations show that sea ice in the Arctic is melting faster while air temperatures in the region are rising sharply, scientists say.

Software tycoon Bill Gates’ philanthropic foundation is paying out more than £240m (€360.7m) to fund 43 research projects, from finding Aids vaccines to boosting the nutritional content of bananas.

Mount St Helens has vented a new column of steam, a lazy plume that rose out of the crater of the snow-dusted volcano.

US government scientists raised the alert level for Mt St Helens in Washington state after its second steam eruption in two days was followed by a powerful tremor.

PARENTS of toddlers should turn off their TVs to reduce the risk of their children developing attention span problems later on, an expert warned yesterday.

A trauma centre for journalists is being set up in New York for reporters who covered the September 11 terrorist attacks.