NEW YORK, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say finding new drug targets could provide a better way to attack tuberculosis and other bacterial infections.
NASA to modify shuttle fuel sensors ... Clean coal plants mired by cost and delays ... Beef patties recalled in New Jersey ... EPA plan to cut mercury levels in fish ... Health/Science news from UPI.
BOSTON, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved a plan to reduce mercury levels in fish throughout New England and New York.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture said the Maramont Corporation has recalled 88 pounds of ground beef that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- Clean coal-fired plants offer a cleaner fuel source but construction costs and increased greenhouse gas standards in the United States hamper their production.
BATANGAS CITY, Philippines, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- A new effort is under way in the Philippines to stem the declining population of the world's largest clams, called taklobos.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- Scientists in California have found that a gene mutation previously linked to Jewish breast cancer patients has apparently crossed ethnic lines.
Alzheimer's disease may begin in midlife ... MIT seeks funding for elastic spacesuit ... Web sites offer test answers 'cheap' ... Rare genetic marker in Choctaw blood ... Health/Science news from UPI.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- Alzheimer's disease may begin in midlife, although the mind-killing condition is not diagnosed until a patient begins to show symptoms, U.S. researchers say.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- Researchers at the Oklahoma Blood Institute are collecting blood from American Indians to see if a rare genetic marker linked to the Choctaw tribe shows up.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- A Web site in Ohio is offering answers to hundreds of questions on qualifying examinations for professionals ranging from computer technicians to pharmacists.
BOSTON, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are seeking funding to develop a skin-tight, next-generation spacesuit for a possible mission to Mars.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- Efforts to wipe out polio have stalled in recent years and eradication of the crippling disease remains a question mark, U.S. and world experts say.
NEW YORK, Dec. 25 (UPI) -- U.S. advances in the use of nuclear accelerators to fight cancer are being tempered by concerns about the high cost of such equipment with uncertain benefits.
NEW YORK, Dec. 25 (UPI) -- New York state officials trying to distance themselves from a school using shock therapy on its students are now facing criticism from parents.
SAN DIEGO, Dec. 25 (UPI) -- Quagga mussels, an exotic species native to Ukraine that was first found in the Great Lakes 18 years ago, have been found in a fifth San Diego County reservoir.
SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec. 25 (UPI) -- A genetic mutation appears to link Hispanic, young African-American and Ashkenazi Jewish women who have breast cancer, a new study by U.S. researchers shows.
BOSTON, Dec. 25 (UPI) -- People without health insurance experience a dramatic improvement in their health once they become eligible for Medicare at age 65, a U.S. study reveals.
SACRAMENTO, Dec. 25 (UPI) -- The governors of California, Illinois and Pennsylvania proposed dramatic healthcare reforms this year, but none will be adopted before the end of 2007.
WICHITA, Kan., Dec. 24 (UPI) -- Twenty-four rare black-footed ferrets freed on private land in Kansas are believed to be the first of their kind in the area in more than 50 years.
Study: Fever may ease autism for a while ... Moon, Mars bright lights in the big sky ... Stem cells enhance breast reconstruction ... Old TVs bad landfill reception ... Health/Science news from UPI.
A one-of-a-kind 8 x 4 foot portrait of Marilyn Monroe made from 2,100 bite sized stuffed cupcakes stands in the lobby next to her wax figure on the eve of Marilyn Monroe's 86th birthday at Madame Tussauds in New York City on May 31, 2012. UPI/John Angelillo
