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Lawmaker wants probe of E. coli and school lunches

Published November 8th, 2009 - 9:14PM

The chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee wants an investigation into the risk of deadly E. coli getting into school lunches.

W. Africa's last giraffes make surprising comeback

Published November 7th, 2009 - 11:19PM

A crisp African dawn is breaking overhead, and Zibo Mounkaila is on the back of a pickup truck bounding across a sparse landscape of rocky orange soil.

Prized mushroom collection returns to China

Published November 7th, 2009 - 3:44AM

A Chinese scholar persecuted during the Cultural Revolution for smuggling a rare collection of mushrooms out of China before World War II was honored Saturday when the collection was returned more than 70 years later.

Seattle team wins $900,000 in Space Elevator Games

Published November 6th, 2009 - 7:44PM

A Seattle team has collected a $900,000 prize in a NASA-backed competition to develop the concept of an elevator to space - an idea spurred by science fiction novels.

World leaders needed at talks to cut climate deal

Published November 6th, 2009 - 2:29PM

After two years of tough U.N. climate talks often pitting the world's rich against the poor, negotiators said Friday a new global agreement now rides on industrial nations pledging profound emissions cuts next month in Copenhagen.

In Europe, most swine flu shots by invitation only

Published November 6th, 2009 - 11:33AM

In Britain, there are no long lines of people seeking swine flu vaccine. Doctor's offices aren't swamped with desperate calls. And there are no cries of injustice that the vaccine is going to wealthy corporations or healthy people who don't really need it.

Poll: One-third able to get swine flu vaccine

Published November 6th, 2009 - 8:43AM

Only about a third of adults who have tried to get a swine flu vaccine have been able to get it, according to a new national poll released Friday.

New gene therapy halts 2 boys' rare brain disease

Published November 5th, 2009 - 2:23PM

French scientists mixed gene therapy and bone marrow transplants in two boys to seemingly halt a brain disease that can kill by adolescence. The surprise ingredient: They disabled the HIV virus so it couldn't cause AIDS, and then used it to carry in the healthy new gene.

Study: Nitrogen pollution worsens in Rockies lakes

Published November 5th, 2009 - 1:53PM

Airborne nitrogen pollution from vehicle exhaust and farm fertilizer is turning algae in the alpine lakes of Rocky Mountain National Park into junk food for fish, a study says.

Caribbean, Gulf spared widespread coral damage

Published November 5th, 2009 - 12:53PM

Lower-than-feared sea temperatures this summer gave a break to fragile coral reefs across the Caribbean and the central Gulf of Mexico that were damaged in recent years, scientists said Thursday.

Goldman Sachs, Citigroup got swine flu vaccine

Published November 5th, 2009 - 8:28AM

Some of New York's biggest companies, including Wall Street giants Goldman Sachs and Citigroup, received doses of swine flu vaccine for at-risk employees, drawing criticism that the hard-to-find vaccine is going first to the privileged.

WHO: Swine flu virus is top strain worldwide

Published November 5th, 2009 - 5:43AM

The World Health Organization's flu chief said the swine flu virus has now become the predominant flu strain worldwide.

Medical aid group raises alarm about AIDS funding

Published November 5th, 2009 - 3:38AM

The global recession and pressure to divert funds to other health crises are hurting the fight against AIDS, a medical group warned Thursday, with one health worker saying he feared a return to the days when the AIDS virus was a death sentence in Africa.

Genetic tests for UK asylum seekers draw criticism

Published November 5th, 2009 - 2:43AM

Britain is using genetic tests on some African asylum seekers in an effort to catch those who are lying about their nationality, drawing criticism from scientists and provoking outrage from rights groups.

Old method of heart bypass better than 'off-pump'

Published November 4th, 2009 - 2:03PM

It seemed like a great idea - doing bypass surgery while the heart is still beating, sparing patients the complications that can come from going on a heart-lung machine. Now the first big test of this method has produced a surprise: Bypass has fewer problems and is more successful done the old way.

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