Sudan is scheduled to hold two referendums on January 9. One on whether south Sudan becomes independent and another on whether the old-rich Abyei region joins the north or south. Sudan's referendum commission has chosen the symbols that will represen...
The global health organization that works to combat pneumonia in children says the lung disease is the single leading killer of young children in the world, more than HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis. The Global Coalition Against Child Pneumonia sa...
America's Thanksgiving holiday is nearly two weeks away, but there are already some signs that the Christmas season is here. That was the impression at New York's Rockefeller Center on Friday as workers carefully put in place and secured a 22 meter t...
Researchers have identified a link between dementia and the brain damage that can occur in older people with high blood pressure and other forms of cardiovascular disease. High blood pressure, high cholesterol, and other conditions that affect blood...
If you could take a vaccine that would protect you against cancer, wouldn't you take it? Well, for cervical cancer, there is a vaccine. It protects against a virus called HPV, which can lead to cancer of the cervix. But a new study reports that many...
Sometimes, the best way to deal with a bad situation is to laugh at it. That's the idea behind The Adventures of Unemployed Man, a parody of classic superhero comics, written for America's current economic meltdown. In it, writers Erich Origen and Ga...
The study of a solar-powered blood pressure monitor finds it can be an effective tool in places where electricity and even batteries can be in short supply. A study in Africa found the monitors to be affordable and accurate. High blood pressure is a...
International aid groups are trying to stop the the spread of cholera in Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince, where many earthquake survivors live in makeshift camps and filthy slums. Cholera strikes so fast it is sometimes called the lightening disease....
Delegates from 171 countries and several hundred civic groups are meeting next week in Uruguay to discuss ways to reduce tobacco consumption around the world. A controversial report published on the eve of the meeting says some of the proposed measur...
Deaths from tuberculosis are increasing in the developing world and especially in Africa. It's the world's second deadliest infectious disease after HIV/AIDS. In 2008, nearly two million people died of TB and researchers warn that mortality rates wil...
To ensure food security for a rapidly growing global population, governments are investing heavily in agriculture. But food policy experts say that investment must include HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment. HIV/AIDS and food have been inextricably li...
Global computer security firm Symantec Hosted Services said the number of e-mail attacks ahead of this week's meeting of the leaders of the Group of 20 major economic powers in Seoul, South Korea, has increased. Symantec Hosted Services warns that cr...
Iraqi leaders have welcomed a tentative deal on a unity government that could end an eight-month political stalemate. A major hurdle appears overcome by including the Sunni-backed Iraqiya bloc, but the potentially contentious division of cabinet post...
Miranda Lambert celebrated her 27th birthday at the Country Music Association Awards by taking home three presents. They included Video of the Year, an award she shared with director Trey Fanjoy for The House That Built Me, Album of the Year for Revo...
I'm Will Colson. We're working together today on train 1206.This ain't training. In training they just give you an 'F.' Out here you get killed.Frank Barnes is a veteran engineer hauling tons of freight across the Pennsylvania countryside. In the loc...
