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Disease Trackers Examine Search Engine Data for Clues

By Admin, PBS News Hour

Examining Web users' search terms could help public health officials identify emerging epidemics days, if not weeks, faster than more traditional forms of disease surveillance.

Winners and Losers in Proposed Pentagon Budget

By Admin, PBS News Hour

This week, Defense Secretary Robert Gates unveiled large proposed Pentagon budget cuts that would slash spending on missile defense and increase funding for new weapons systems designed to fight insurgencies.

At Least 91 Dead, 1,500 Injured in Italy Quake

By PBS News Hour

A powerful earthquake shook central Italy as residents slept early Monday morning, tumbling entire blocks of buildings and leaving dozens of people dead.

States Move to Restrict Stem Cell Research After Obama lifts Federal Restriction

By PBS News Hour

Last month, President Barack Obama lifted 8-year-old restrictions on federal funding for most embryonic stem cell research.

Joint Project Seeks to Stem Impact of Energy Production on Wyoming Wildlife

By PBS News Hour

By all accounts, more than 500 gas wells in an area of eastern Wyoming known as the Jonah Natural Gas Fields have transformed 30,000 acres of rich sagebrush ecosystem into a largely industrial landscape of fuel production.

IAEA Members Hit Stalemate on New Leadership

By PBS News Hour

Member nations of the International Atomic Energy Agency failed Friday to elect a new leader after multiple rounds of voting split largely along economic lines.

U.S. Hospitals Lag in Electronic Health Records Switch

By PBS News Hour

U.S. hospitals have been slow to enter the digital records age. According to a new study, less than 2 percent of hospitals have a comprehensive electronic health record system in place, and only about 8 percent have even a basic…

Cities, Towns Work to Combat Climate Change

By Admin, PBS News Hour

While the United States has never fully ratified the Kyoto climate change protocol, individual cities and towns around the country are aiming to go where the nation as a whole has not.

Calif. Scientists Advance Toward Producing Fusion Energy

Spencer Michels reports on the ongoing efforts of scientists in California, who say they are getting closer to producing fusion energy to help fuel American energy independence.

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Wal-Mart to Sell Digital Health Record Systems to Doctors

By Admin, PBS News Hour

Wal-Mart Stores plans to enter the electronic health records market, company officials said Wednesday, bringing digital recordkeeping to physicians in small offices as well as large practices nationwide.