Flu vaccines for children have been shown in a Finnish study to be effective and the findings may convince health authorities worldwide to give flu shots to kids between six and 35 months of age. Only Finland and the United States actively promotes for children younger than two years old to receive the flu vaccines. […]
Foreclosure sales all over the country are set to resume soon as government mortgage firms Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac advised real estate agents to restart their processing as usual. The companies have put a freeze on sales of foreclosed homes because of the foreclosure documents fiasco that erupted two months ago. Freddie Mac sent […]
Secondhand smoke exposure that can lead to lethal diseases claims 600,000 lives per year around the world according to a study measuring the impact of secondhand smoke to the global population. The study published on Friday in the medical journal Lancet analyzed information from 192 countries and discovered that more than 30 percent of non-smokers […]
Mortgage relief companies that charge advance fees to consumers would now be prohibited to do so, in an effort to protect Americans from dubious schemes, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced today. The FTC now requires a written offer to be accepted by a customer before the lender can charge any fees. “This rule […]
Snowy and rainy conditions in the western United States and a planned opt-out boycott of airport body scanners did not deter Americans from travelling during Thanksgiving and the overall operations in airports went smoothly as hoped. Aside from some flight delays at New York’s La Guardia Airport and New Jersey’s Newark Liberty International Airport due […]
Thanksgiving travel just got much harder on Wednesday when the stormy weather conditions which swept through much of the western section of the United States moved further into the central states of the country. Colorado had blizzard-like conditions with as much as 60 mph hour winds recorded while some parts of Montana experienced -40 degrees […]
A fairly large number of cancers are detected in their advanced stages despite the availability of screening tests that may catch them in early stages, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday. Nearly one-half of cervical and colorectal malignancies and about one-third of breast cancers in the country are being spotted late […]
Samples of drinking glasses with possible dangerous levels of lead have been gathered by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission to determine their safety for consumers. The glasses are painted with cartoon and film characters and were targeted more for children than adults, federal officials say. The importer of the said glasses from China, the […]
Qantas Airways announced on Tuesday that its grounded A380 jets will return to active service after the company determined that they were safe to fly again after an A380 engine exploded on November 4. The airline voluntarily grounded the aircraft immediately after the incident and conducted a thorough inspection. Two out six A380s servicing the […]
Rafael Nadal of Spain recovered from one set down and had to bring his all-out effort in subduing Andy Roddick of the U.S., 3-6, 7-6(7/5), 6-4 in the initial game of the ATP World Tour Finals in London on Monday. It has been a very good year for the 24-year old as he has defeated […]
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