Nov 14 Watch Longstanding Tensions Between Israel and Palestinians See Major Escalation Longstanding Tensions Between Israel and Palestinians See Major Escalation… Continue watching
Nov 14 Watch What Happens When U.S. Military Leaders Fail to Live Up to High Expectations What Happens When U.S. Military Leaders Fail to Live Up to High Expectations… Continue watching
Nov 14 Obama Stresses Compromise on Fiscal Cliff Talks, Defends Susan Rice in First Press Conference Since Re-Election In his first press conference since re-election, Mr. Obama said he is committed to strengthening the economy, boosting job growth and reducing the nation's $16 trillion debt, asserting that Americans approve of his balanced approach for reducing the deficit. Continue reading
Nov 14 Live Chat: CDC Answers Your Meningitis Questions The symptoms of fungal meningitis mirror those of the common flu. But what often begins as a headache and fever can quickly turn deadly. The current outbreak of fungal meningitis, tied to black mold-infected steroids produced at the New… Continue reading
Nov 14 Families Mourn Sudden Loss of Loved Ones From Meningitis Deaths Diana (right) dancing with her husband Wayne in Bermuda in 1985. They all said the same thing. There was just something about Diana Reed that made her unforgettable. And although the 56-year-old Brentwood, Tenn., woman died suddenly from… Continue reading
Nov 14 Meningitis: Top 10 Things CDC Says You Should Know Contaminated vials like these, produced at the New England Compounding Center in Framingham, Mass., were responsible for this latest outbreak of fungal meningitis. Photo by Minnesota Department of Health. It was just some neck pain -- nothing too alarming. Continue reading
Nov 14 Austerity Protests Grip Europe By News Desk Transportation in parts of Europe was at a standstill Wednesday as strikers forced the cancellation of hundreds of flights and many train routes in Spain and Portugal. Demonstrators railed against government cuts in major cities across the… Continue reading
Nov 13 Watch Food for 9 Billion: Satisfying China’s Growing Demand for Meat As China's Diet Grows, So Do Concerns Over Safety, Sustainability… Continue watching
Nov 13 China’s New Leaders Face Growing Concerns From Chinese Eaters As the country strains to meet its growing food needs, Chinese consumers insist that the government not cut corners. Continue reading
Nov 13 Ask the Headhunter: The ‘Dirty Little Secret’ of Age Discrimination Photo by STOCK4B-RF via Getty Images. Nick Corcodilos is an expert on how to get a job. We ran into him while doing a story on the relative futility of Internet job boards and asked him to post… Continue reading