PITTSBURGH, Dec. 20 (UPI) -- High levels of lead dust have been found at the office that houses the Allegheny County, Pa., Health Department's anti-lead poisoning program, officials say.
BUFFALO, N.Y., Dec. 20 (UPI) -- Officials of the Buffalo, N.Y., Neuroimaging Analysis Center say they hope to have the results of unique study on multiple sclerosis finished within months.
DURHAM, N.C., Dec. 18 (UPI) -- A study tracking 3,000 orphans in five Asian and African countries has found those in orphanages do as well as those in community settings.
MADISON, N.J., Dec. 18 (UPI) -- H1N1 flu is on the decline, but close to 4-in-10 U.S. children tested positive last week for the pandemic, officials of a laboratory testing company say.
EDMONTON, Alberta, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- University of Alberta psychologists say emotionally mature college students may get more positive benefits from sex than their less-mature counterparts.
NEW YORK, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Eighty-eight percent of U.S. adults ages 19-29 say it is important for Congress to pass healthcare reform legislation, a survey indicates.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Transmission of H1N1 among passengers during a trans-Atlantic airline flight could be fairly high, U.S. researchers said.
NEW YORK, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- New York officials say they are considering requiring city restaurants to post their grades of A, B or C based on their most recent sanitary inspection grade.
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Avid video game players get faster not only on their game of choice, but on a variety of unrelated laboratory tests of reaction time, U.S. researchers say.
ATLANTA, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Two state health departments identified a life-threatening condition that compromises the immune system among persons using cocaine, U.S. officials said.
PARIS, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Beaches may be a reservoir of the pathogen E.coli as a result of migratory bird droppings, researchers in France and Portugal say.
MINNEAPOLIS, Mich., Dec. 17 (UPI) -- U.S. and Belgian industrial psychologists say personality tests can predict the success of medical school applicants.
LONDON, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- There is a type of "war of the roses" being waged in some British hospitals, with some staff determined to rid patients' rooms of flowers, researchers say.
NEW YORK, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Tap water may be legally safe but in reality could pose serious health risks because the 35-year-old federal law regulating it is out of date, scientists say.
SKOKIE, Ill., Dec. 15 (UPI) -- Sometimes it's hard to tell whether you're tackling parenthood in the 21st century -- or being tackled by it. This is the latest in a series of reflections by UPI writers.
Surfers ride the waves at Fort Point by the south tower of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco on May 24, 2012. The bridge is set for its 75th anniversary celebration on May 27. UPI/Terry Schmitt
