Month: October 2011
Mandating that young girls be given the HPV vaccination has certainly been a controversial topic in recent months, but now a panel is recommending that boys be given the vaccine as well. The Advisory Committee ...
Tensions are still high in Oakland where Police in riot gear clashed with Occupy Wall Street protesters earlier this week. Only about a dozen demonstrators remain outside City Hall, defiant in the aftermath of violent ...
Netflix received its fair share of criticism for its handling of both its pricing and organization earlier this fall, and it’s starting to see the ramifications. The stock of the popular online movie rental service ...
The National Defense Science board is set to meet Friday to discuss the possibility of testing an anthrax vaccine on children to protect them in the event of a biological attack. The meeting comes after ...
Sliding in the polls and struggling at debates, Texas Governor Rick Perry unveiled his tax plan on Tuesday to help boost his fading presidential chances. Perry unveiled his proposal in The Wall Street Journal, warning ...
Robert Ford, the U.S. ambassador to Syria, has been pulled from the Middle Eastern nation following "credible threats" made against his life. Western diplomats told Reuters that Ford left the country over the weekend. Tensions ...
Although Congress will likely hold up any attempt by President Barack Obama to pass his jobs bill, he may find another route to get some of his goals accomplished. Obama is ready to launch a ...
A 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck Turkey near its border with Iran on Sunday morning, leaving at least 200 people dead as rescuers desperately sift through the rubble looking for more survivors. More than 700 people are ...
A study refutes the commonly-held myth that cell phone usage may be tied to brain cancer. A team of researchers found that the instances of brain tumors in more than 350,000 Danish mobile phone users ...
The Senate rejected President Barack Obama's slimmed-down jobs bill on Thursday as Congressional Democrats failed to get the 60 votes needed to break the Republican filibuster. The legislation was part of an effort by Obama ...
