Health Jan 13 Volume of Procedures May Not Indicate Hospital Expertise Hospitals that frequently perform certain procedures are not necessarily more likely to save patients' lives, according to two new studies that looked at death rates for premature infants and heart surgery patients.
Politics Jan 13 D.C. Holds Non-Binding Primary Polls opened at 7 a.m. Tuesday for Washington, D.C.'s non-binding Democratic presidential primary despite a lack of support from the national party and five of the top candidates.
Politics Jan 09 Dean Defends Iowa Comments, Wins Harkin Endorsement Iowa Democratic Sen. Tom Harkin endorsed Democratic presidential hopeful Howard Dean Friday, as Dean continued to defend himself over disparaging remarks he made in 2000 about the Iowa caucus system.
Politics Jan 09 Supreme Court Accepts Case Testing Enemy Combatant Detention The Supreme Court agreed Friday to decide whether a U.S. citizen seized abroad can be kept indefinitely in a military jail, the latest in a series of legal challenges to the Bush administration's antiterrorism policies.
World Jan 09 U.S. Lowers National Terror Alert Level to ‘Elevated’ Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge announced Friday that the U.S. terror alert level is being reduced from "high" to "elevated," although some heightened security measures will remain in place.
Health Jan 08 CDC Says Current Flu Season May Have Peaked The current flu season appears to have peaked after getting off to an unusually early and harsh start, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday.
Health Jan 08 FDA Maintains Ban on Silicone Breast Implants The Food and Drug Administration Thursday said it needed more evidence demonstrating the safety of silicone breast implants before it would reverse a 1992 ban on routine sales of the devices.
Nation Jan 06 Most Dioceses Complying With Rules to Stop Sex Abuse, Controversial Audit Finds A Roman Catholic Church audit released Tuesday found that almost all dioceses in the United States fully comply with a new mandatory policy aimed at preventing sex abuse by priests, although some victim advocates criticized the audit's methodology.
Politics Jan 06 Dean Gets Bradley Endorsement; Clark Touts Tax Plan Former Gov. Howard Dean picked up the endorsement of 2000 presidential candidate Bill Bradley Tuesday, and former Gen. Wesley Clark expanded on an economic plan aimed at eliminating the income tax for many middle class Americans.
Politics Jan 05 Afghan Assembly Overcomes Disputes to Adopt Constitution Afghanistan's constitutional assembly overcame weeks of bitter disagreements and debate when it voted Sunday to approve a new charter that aims to establish a democratic government in the country formerly ruled by the Taliban.