World Health Organization: Polio detected in Mali
LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization says a child has been paralyzed by polio which was detected in Mali.
LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization says a child has been paralyzed by polio which was detected in Mali.
LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization says a child has been paralyzed by polio which was detected in Mali. It is the first case of polio in Mali since 2011 and WHO says the 19-month-old child was stricken in Guinea before arriving in Bamako. In a statement issued this week, WHO said the polio strain responsible for the new outbreak is derived from the vaccine. Polio is a potentially fatal water-borne disease that mostly strikes children under 5. For every child that is paralyzed, there may be up to 200 others infected. Читать дальше...
NEW YORK (AP) — Three researchers won prestigious medical awards Tuesday for a new approach to treating cancer and insights into how creatures deal with DNA damage.
NEW YORK (AP) — Three researchers won prestigious medical awards Tuesday for a new approach to treating cancer and insights into how creatures deal with DNA damage. The Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation also honored the medical group Doctors Without Borders for its work on health emergencies, such as Africa's Ebola outbreak. The Lasker prizes, each of which includes an honorarium of $250,000, will be presented Sept. 18 in New York City. This is the 70th year for the awards. The Lasker-DeBakey Clinical... Читать дальше...
A Taliban group commander was killed and three others were injured on Tuesday as security forces ambushed a group of militants in Afghanistan's Kunduz province, provincial police chief said.
Angie's List has appointed Scott Durchslag president and chief executive officer, effective today. Durchslag replaces the interim CEO J. Mark Howell, who has been in the position since July 1. Angie's List co-founder Bill Oesterle was the previous CEO. He announced his resignation on Apr. 15 and stepped down from the board on June 30. Durchslag was most recently the president of global e-commerce and marketing at Best Buy . Prior to that, he was president of Expedia Worldwide . Angie's List stock... Читать дальше...
Stephen Marvin, the childhood friend of the terror suspect killed in RAF drone attacks, says Ruhul Amin had no fear of death after joining Isil
SIDON, Lebanon, Sept. 8 (Yonhap) -- Striker Suk Hyun-jun got his second straight starting nod for South Korea in a World Cup qualifier against Lebanon Tuesday. Vitoria de Setubal forward in Portugal also made a start against Laos in South Korea's p
European equities extended gains on Tuesday, despite weak data from China that caused further volatility in Asian markets.
Nick Kyrgios has been dumped for Australia's Davis Cup semi-final showdown with Great Britain.
The 2016 presidential campaign is coming to the jailhouse steps in Kentucky Tuesday, as GOP contender Ted Cruz is traveling there to visit Kim Davis, the clerk who has been jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
A Texas-based couple has been reunited with their baby who they say was swapped by workers at a hospital in El Salvador shortly after being born.
CROSSROADS, N.M. (AP) — Carl Johnson and son Justin are third- and fourth-generation ranchers who for decades have battled oilfield companies that left a patchwork of barren earth where the me…
CROSSROADS, N.M. (AP) — Carl Johnson and son Justin are third- and fourth-generation ranchers who for decades have battled oilfield companies that left a patchwork of barren earth where the me…
Last week, the New York Times published an alarming headline: "Murder rates rising sharply in many US cities." Pointing to big increases in the number of homicides in some cities — 76 percent in Milwaukee, 60 percent in St. Louis, and 56 percent in Baltimore, among others — the report, from Monica Davey and Mitch Smith, suggested that the nationwide crime decline of the past 25 years might be coming to an end.
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Refugees arriving on the Greek island of Lesbos are suck in a bureaucratic trap, but there is now a plan to move them to Athens using ferries.
British people do not read 'er' and 'erm' in the way that Americans would read those words.
The figures around deaths of benefit claimants following ‘fit-to-work’ assessments released recently were alarming but sadly not surprising. Benefit claimants have been the victim of a compulsively negative rhetoric over the last five years, where the use of terms such as ‘scroungers’ and ‘skivers’ are commonplace.
Pipeline will avoid need for gas transit via Ukrainian territory
Japan’s Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company made a splash in the U.K. stock market Tuesday with an agreement to buy U.K. insurance company Amlin PLC for £3.47 billion ($5.3 billion). Here’s a quick look at what analysts and fund managers saying.
By Wayne Parry ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Three decades after she gave up the crown amid a nude photo scandal, Vanessa Williams is returning to the Miss America pageant. The Miss America Organization, Dick Clark Productions and the ABC television network announced Tuesday they are bringing back the award-winning actress and singer to serve as head judge for the 2016 competition. It begins Tuesday and culminates in the crowning of the next Miss America on Sunday. Williams, the first African-American Miss America... Читать дальше...
British private equity pioneer Guy Hands said he would share ownership of buyout firm Terra Firma Capital Partners for the first time with Justin King, former CEO of J. Sainsbury, who is joining as vice chairman.
USMNT head coach is a little worried about the lack of young attacking players developing in the U.S. system.
Chinese leader’s visit to Washington sets scene for ambitious investment treaty