US FDA approves GSK’s bird flu vaccine for national stockpile – Reuters
(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday it has approved a vaccine made by GlaxoSmithKline Plc for use in the event of an H5N1 bird flu epidemic. The vaccine, Pandemrix, will be...
View ArticleVery Well Aged: Archaeologists Say Ancient Wine Cellar Found – Wall Street...
These 3,700-year-old jars were discovered in an ancient palatial wine cellar in July 2013. The team excavated a total of 40 intact vessels during its six-week dig. Eric H. Cline, George Washington...
View ArticleReport: ZTE Developing Low-Cost Smartwatch – PC Magazine
It seems that every tech firm is trying its hand at a smartwatch and ZTE is no exception. The Chinese firm told the Wall Street Journal today that the device will launch in the second quarter of 2014...
View ArticleMicrosoft acknowledges Xbox problem with disc drive – BBC News
25 November 2013 Last updated at 07:17 ET It broke first-day sales records but users have reported problems with the Xbox One disc drive Microsoft has acknowledged that owners of its new Xbox One...
View ArticleFDA affirms safety of diabetes drug Avandia, lifts restrictions on use – Los...
Federal regulators said Monday that the drug was no more dangerous than other diabetes medications and that it should be available to all patients without its current restrictions. “Our actions today...
View ArticleAmericas especially hard hit by 2009 swine flu, study finds – NBCNews.com
3 hours ago A new look at the 2009 pandemic of H1N1 swine flu finds an unusual pattern — more people died in the Americas than in the rest of the world. What’s not clear is why. The study, originally...
View ArticleH1N1 flu pandemic killed up to 203000 people worldwide, study finds – WireUpdate
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) — The H1N1 influenza virus, which quickly spread around the world in 2009, claimed the lives of up to 203,000 people, more than 10 times higher than the official death...
View ArticleItaly’s Senate expels ex-PM Silvio Berlusconi – BBC News
Alan Johnston: “Berlusconi was flung out of parliament in the most humiliating circumstances” The Italian Senate has voted to expel ex-Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi from parliament with immediate...
View ArticleEU summit shows no sign of reviving Ukraine deal – BBC News
The Ukraine deal has overshadowed the EU talks European leaders appear to have made no progress on reviving a landmark trade pact with Ukraine at the first day of an EU summit in Vilnius. Ukrainian...
View ArticleThe right’s blind spot on health care
Editor’s note: Paul Waldman is a contributing editor at The American Prospect and the author of “Being Right Is Not Enough: What Progressives Must Learn From Conservative Success.” Follow him on his...
View ArticleScottish holiday marred by police helicopter crash – Washington Post
Instead, Scotland’s leader ordered flags at government buildings to be lowered to half-staff after the tragedy. “This is a black day for Glasgow and Scotland, but it’s also St. Andrew’s Day, and it’s a...
View ArticleCroatians back same-sex marriage ban in referendum – BBC News
1 December 2013 Last updated at 17:08 ET A protester’s sign reads “Homosexuality is not a choice, hate is a choice” Croatian voters have backed proposals to ban same-sex marriages in a referendum....
View ArticleThousands of Protesters in Ukraine Demand Leader’s Resignation – New York Times
Speakers at the rally in Kiev said that protests — now in their 11th day — would continue until Mr. Yanukovich was toppled and new elections were called. “I want the authorities to know that this is...
View ArticleRare Iceland armed police operation leaves man dead – BBC News
2 December 2013 Last updated at 11:27 ET Apartments were evacuated as neighbours were considered to be in danger Icelandic police have shot dead a man who was firing a shotgun in his apartment in the...
View ArticleUkrainian President Defends Refusal to Sign Accords, as Protests Continue –...
On the day after a huge protest by hundreds of thousands of people in Kiev, the capital, and by thousands more in other cities, Mr. Yanukovich struck a casual pose, sitting in an armchair for an...
View ArticleMicrosoft Reports Record Xbox One Sales Following Debut – Bloomberg
Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) said it’s selling every Xbox One player it can make, after introducing the new game console on Nov. 22. Sales are setting records, the Redmond, Washington-based software maker...
View ArticleBaffling 400000-Year-Old Clue to Human Origins – New York Times
In a paper in the journal Nature, scientists reported Wednesday that they had retrieved ancient human DNA from a fossil dating back about 400,000 years, shattering the previous record of 100,000 years....
View ArticleTwo universities battle meningitis outbreaks – USA TODAY
The campus of Princeton University in Princeton, N.J.(Photo: Princeton University) Story Highlights About 10% to 15% of meningitis patients die from the illness The current meningitis vaccine doesn’t...
View ArticleDecaying steel town gets movie star turn in ‘Out of the Furnace’– Reuters
BEVERLY HILLS, California (Reuters) – A brief drive through Pittsburgh’s down-and-out steel mill borough of Braddock at the time of the economic downturn in 2009 was all it took, and director Scott...
View ArticleBritish Finance Chief Hails Austerity’s Benefits – New York Times
Despite sharp, upward revisions of growth estimates, Mr. Osborne offered only small tax breaks to hard-pressed Britons — like married couples and small businesses — and even those were accompanied by a...
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