LANCASTER, England, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- An experimental drug that saved the life of a Belfast teen suffering from mad cow disease is being tested in America, France and Japan.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- Several months after a federal court ruled against the Department of Defense's mandatory anthrax vaccination program -- and less than 24 hours after a military tribunal declined to court-martial a serviceman who refused the shots -- the DoD has requested
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- There are several, highly unusual aspects of the 2004 eruption of Mount St. Helens, but perhaps the most extraordinary is how scientists and interested lay people worldwide are getting to watch it happen up close in real time.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Defense has requested an emergency authorization to continue using a controversial anthrax vaccine on troops.
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- New Zealand's Food Safety Authority says 20 percent of the "organic" fruits and vegetables it surveyed were sprayed with pesticides.
ATLANTA, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- A report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says married adults are healthier than divorced, widowed or never married adults.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Dec. 15 (UPI) -- A Florida girl born without a face has undergone 14 surgeries and will need many more operations, USA Today reported Wednesday.
BALTIMORE, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- Baltimore scientists say rapidly getting antibiotics to people exposed to anthrax spores in a bioterrorist attack could prevent 70 percent of infections.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- The National Committee for Quality Assurance identified the highest quality Medicare and Medicaid health plans in the United States Wednesday.
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 15 (UPI) -- Boston researchers say many women at high risk for breast cancer are declining tamoxifen, the first approved drug for prevention of breast cancer.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- NASA scientists said Wednesday their Aura satellite is producing clear but disturbing images of a huge brown cloud over South Asia and the Indian Ocean.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- U.S. Medicare officials announced Wednesday projects to improve the early detection and treatment of cancer among minority Medicare beneficiaries.
DAVIS, Calif., Dec. 15 (UPI) -- Testing of 55 California wilderness lakes and streams by the University of California Davis Medical School has showed no exceptional contamination.
NEW YORK, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- A review of 48 U.S. drug studies in the American Journal of Medicine Wednesday showed apparent bias in those sponsored by pharmaceutical companies.
BETHESDA, Md., Dec. 15 (UPI) -- A mother and child's risks from vaginal delivery after a prior Cesarean are only slightly higher than for a repeat Cesarean delivery.
TAMPA, Fla., Dec. 15 (UPI) -- A link has been found in mice to a low-calorie diet and less likelihood of developing Alzheimer's disease, researchers in California and Florida say.
WEST LAYFAYETTE, Ind., Dec. 15 (UPI) -- Men may be on top of the corporate power pyramid but experiments by U.S. gender researchers find women like fellow women more than men like men.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- A U.S. study finds some 6 million American adults turned to alternative medicine in the past year because conventional treatments were too expensive.
BOULDER, Colo., Dec. 15 (UPI) -- A series by UPI examining the relationship of humans to the environment. This week: The impending loss of scavengers such as the vulture is just the beginning of a worldwide crisis in avian fauna. By 2100, up to 14 percent of all existing bird species may
CHICAGO, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- A series by UPI covering the technological, cultural and social impact of the World Wide Web. This week: Online shopping this holiday season might be most competitive among small, local retailers rather than big brands such as Target.com and Sears.com, ex
President Barack Obama shares a laugh with author with Toni Morrison after awarding her a Presidential Medal of Freedom during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our Nation's highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch
