... of research animals and breeds some of its own animals for medical research. Its researchers in Nevada are working to find a cure for cancer, new flu vaccines and better ways to treat obesity. Spokeswoman Amy Cianciaruso said survival rates for major diseases are at an all-time high thanks to the ... full story
... lose/lose position, debt and despair. From bank bailouts, Wall Street bailouts, auto bailouts, insurance bailouts, cash for clunkers, even pandemic flu's! Spend, spend and then spend some more. That's been the solution so far. Results are unemployment skyrocketed and small businesses ... full story
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 APS workers honored for H1N1 efforts By Hailey Heinz Journal Staff Writer The spread of the H1N1 flu has made this school year a busy one for nurses. During the time when the vaccine was in short supply, school nurses were on the front lines of dealing with ... full story
... , it's working on 130 drugs or potential drugs, and it conducts about 80 clinical trials a year. It is working on defenses against H1N1 flu virus, chemical agents and dirty bombs. The institute also has to turn away $30 million a year in new business, for two major reasons. First, LRRI has ... full story
... room, his fever wasn't going away, and he was red," says his mom, Kitty Szarkowski. "Just red, and we were like, 'this is more than the flu.'" After returning to Rio Rancho and undergoing a battery of tests, Nicholas was diagnosed with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis — an autoimmune ... full story
... . Anyone with information on Gortoriz's whereabouts is urged to call 242-COPS. Free H1N1 Shots For APS Students H1N1 flu shots will be available for free to students and staff at most Albuquerque elementary schools during the next month or two, according to the state Department ... full story
... 2010 Free H1N1 Vaccines Offered To Students By Elaine D. BriseÑO Journal Staff Writer The Rio Rancho school district is offering free H1N1 flu immunization shots to its students. Middle school students can get their shots starting next week. Parents must fill out two separate consent ... full story
Thursday, February 04, 2010 3-Year-Old Boy Dies of Swine Flu Journal Staff Report A 3-year-old Otero County boy with chronic health conditions died of complications from swine flu in mid-January, the New Mexico Department of Health said Wednesday. Secretary Dr. Alfredo Vigil urged ... full story
... To register as an organ or tissue donor, visit www.DonateLifeNM.org or call 843-7672. H1N1 shots start today for veterans H1N1 flu vaccinations will be available for military veterans starting today at the Raymond G. Murphy VA Medical Center, 1501 San Pedro SE. The flu ... full story
Thursday, January 28, 2010 H1N1 Deaths in Children More Prevalent in N.M. By Olivier Uyttebrouck Journal Staff Writer Swine flu killed New Mexico children last fall at a rate five times that of the nation, possibly because the illness was more pervasive here than in other states, a health official ... full story
Iraq's president on Sunday called for a recount in this month's parliamentary elections, which have turned into a tight race between the prime minister and a secular rival amid accusations of fraud. A new count could further extend political wrangling in the contentious race.
Stewart Udall, an elder in a famed political family who led the Interior Department as it promoted an expansion of public lands and helped win passage of major environmental laws, has died at the age of 90.
An international donors conference aimed Sunday to draw more than $2 billion in pledges for projects intended to ensure the safe return of more than 2.7 million people displaced during the war in Darfur.
Raj Kaliya Dhanuk sits on a wooden bench, barefoot, with a tattered sari covering thin arms as rough as bark. Thick clear tears bleed from her eyes, milky saucers that stare at nothing.
U.S. Ski Team chief Bill Marolt issued an apology Saturday after being arrested days earlier on suspicion of driving under the influence not far from the team's headquarters in Park City.
Ty Conklin made 29 saves in his fourth shutout of the season and the St. Louis Blues kept up their late-season playoff push with a 1-0 win over the New Jersey Devils on Saturday night.
Rescue crews ended their search Saturday in British Columbia's mountainous backcountry after accounting for everyone in an area where an avalanche cascaded down a mountain, killing one snowmobiler.
An extraordinary test of wills between the United States and Israel has left the Obama administration a stronger negotiator both with its closest ally in the Middle East and with Arab nations needed to broker peace with the Palestinians.
The diplomatic crisis between the U.S. and Israel has sent a tremor through their alliance, but one key part of the bond seems virtually untouchable: the roughly $3 billion a year in U.S. military aid.
Cheesecake in hand, the police commissioner personally apologized Friday for the 50 or so mistaken, door-pounding visits that police have made to the home of a bewildered elderly Brooklyn couple in the past eight years.
Stephen Strasburg allowed two solo homers and struck out eight in four innings, and the Washington Nationals beat a St. Louis Cardinals split squad 13-5 on Friday night.
President Nicolas Sarkozy's party braced for a potential electoral wipeout in Sunday's final round of regional elections, which an alliance of the rival left hopes will give it a national sweep and a staging ground for 2012 presidential voting.
A key senator has agreed with the head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. to change new Senate legislation to ensure an end to the "too-big-to-fail" approach that brought the government rushing in to bail out big banks in the financial crisis.
Replicas of some of New York's most famous skate spots, including the Brooklyn Banks nine-stair rail, are included in the design of the street course for the Maloof Money Cup New York in June.
An unusual public split between U.S. Roman Catholic bishops, nuns and hospitals over abortion in the health care overhaul could undermine the church hierarchy's influence on the debate and give anti-abortion Democrats the political cover they need to vote for the bill.
Police have been overwhelmed since they released more than 100 photos found in a serial killer's storage locker, more than 30-year-old pictures of unidentified girls and women in bell bottoms, bikinis and Farrah Fawcett hair.
Randy Ruiz had grown to expect that a phone call from his team's front office meant only one thing: pack your bags and get ready to move on to a new franchise.
A year ago, weather forecasters changed their estimate late in the game of just how high the Red River would rise, stoking an 11th-hour sandbagging flurry in Fargo that proved unnecessary in the end because the new prediction was wrong.
Josh Beckett pitched 3 1-3 innings after missing his last start because of an illness, allowing four runs on six hits as the Boston Red Sox lost to the Pittsburgh Pirates 9-7 on Friday.
A medical device company at the center of a highly controversial Food and Drug Administration approval is pushing back against the agency's plan to re-evaluate the implant.
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France's Yannick Jauzion, center, is tackled by England's Riki Flutey during the Six Nations rugby union international match at the Stade de France stadium, outside Paris, Saturday March 20, 2010. (AP Photo/PA, David Davies) Mar 20, 5:40 PM EDT
A Hindu devotee prays after bathing in Sangam, the confluence of the Rivers Ganges, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati, in Allahabad, India, Saturday, March 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh) Mar 20, 11:17 AM EDT
Tourists ride a boat as the sun sets at Sangam, the confluence of the Rivers Ganges, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati, in Allahabad, India, Saturday, March 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh) Mar 20, 11:16 AM EDT
Volunteers clean the banks of the river Yamuna, polluted by industry effluents, the white froth seen on the surface of the water, in New Delhi, India, Saturday, March 20, 2010. 3.6 billion tones of untreated sewerage flows daily in Yamuna, which supplies over 60 percent of the water needed by the Delhi region. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup) Mar 20, 9:29 AM EDT
People pray to the holy river Yamuna, with its surface covered with froth caused by effluents in New Delhi, India, Saturday, March 20, 2010. 3.6 billion tons of untreated sewerage flows daily in Yamuna, which supplies over 60 percent of the water needed by the Delhi region. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup) Mar 20, 6:38 AM EDT
Two volunteers talk before cleaning the Ghats, stairway leading to water, as people bathe and pray in the holy river Yamuna, with its surface covered with froth caused by effluents in New Delhi, India, Saturday, March 20, 2010. 3.6 billion tons of untreated sewerage flows daily in Yamuna, which supplies over 60 percent of the water needed by the Delhi region. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup) Mar 20, 6:38 AM EDT
A family bathes in the holy river Yamuna, with its surface covered with froth caused by effluents in New Delhi, India, Saturday, March 20, 2010. 3.6 billion tons of untreated sewerage flows daily in Yamuna, which supplies over 60 percent of the water needed by the Delhi region. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup) Mar 20, 6:37 AM EDT
Volunteers clean the banks of the river Yamuna, polluted by industry effluents, the white froth seen on the surface of the water, in New Delhi, India, Saturday, March 20, 2010. 3.6 billion tones of untreated sewerage flows daily in Yamuna, which supplies over 60 percent of the water needed by the Delhi region. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup) Mar 20, 6:12 AM EDT
Volunteers clean the banks of the river Yamuna, polluted by industry effluents, the white froth seen on the surface of the water, in New Delhi, India, Saturday, March 20, 2010. 3.6 billion tones of untreated sewerage flows daily in Yamuna, which supplies over 60 percent of the water needed by the Delhi region. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup) Mar 20, 6:12 AM EDT
A person offers water during a prayer at the holy river Yamuna, polluted by industry effluents, the white froth seen on the surface of the water, in New Delhi, India, Saturday, March 20, 2010. 3.6 billion tones of untreated sewerage flows daily in Yamuna, which supplies over 60 percent of the water needed by the Delhi region. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup) Mar 20, 6:11 AM EDT
A Hindu holy man dries his clothes after bathing in Sangam, the confluence of the Rivers Ganges, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati, in Allahabad, India, Saturday, March 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh) Mar 20, 5:16 AM EDT
Supporters cheer anti-government demonstrators as they pass through an intersection in downtown Bangkok, Thailand, Saturday March 20, 2010. The procession was cheered from the sidewalks by large crowds as it passed with red flags and ribbons fluttering and car horns honking. (AP Photo/David Longstreath) Mar 20, 5:15 AM EDT
A boy looks on as he sits on the shoulders of his father after bathing in Sangam, the confluence of the Rivers Ganges, Yamuna the mythical Saraswati, in Allahabad, India, Saturday, March 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh) Mar 20, 5:15 AM EDT
Supporters cheer anti-government demonstrators as they pass through an intersection in downtown Bangkok, Thailand, Saturday March 20, 2010. The procession was cheered from the sidewalks by large crowds as it passed with red flags and ribbons fluttering and car horns honking. (AP Photo/David Longstreath) Mar 20, 4:54 AM EDT
Supporters cheer anti-government demonstrators as they pass through an intersection in downtown Bangkok, Thailand, Saturday March 20, 2010. The procession was cheered from the sidewalks by large crowds as it passed with red flags and ribbons fluttering and car horns honking. (AP Photo/David Longstreath) Mar 20, 4:54 AM EDT
Supporters cheer anti-government demonstrators as they pass through an intersection in downtown Bangkok, Thailand, Saturday March 20, 2010. The procession was cheered from the sidewalks by large crowds as it passed with red flags and ribbons fluttering and car horns honking. (AP Photo/David Longstreath) Mar 20, 4:42 AM EDT
Supporters cheer anti-government demonstrators as they pass through an intersection in downtown Bangkok, Thailand, Saturday March 20, 2010. The procession was cheered from the sidewalks by large crowds as it passed with red flags and ribbons fluttering and car horns honking. (AP Photo/David Longstreath) Mar 20, 4:42 AM EDT
Supporters cheer anti-government demonstrators as they pass through an intersection in downtown Bangkok, Thailand, Saturday March 20, 2010. The procession was cheered from the sidewalks by large crowds as it passed with red flags and ribbons fluttering and car horns honking. (AP Photo/David Longstreath) Mar 20, 4:42 AM EDT
An Indian tea vendor walks past the polluted water of Sangam, the confluence of the Rivers Ganges, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati, in Allahabad, India, Saturday, March 20, 2010. World Water Day will be observed on March 22. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh) Mar 20, 4:39 AM EDT
Hindu devotees pray after bathing in Sangam, the confluence of the Rivers Ganges, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati, in Allahabad, India, Saturday, March 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh) Mar 20, 4:34 AM EDT
A Hindu devotee prays after bathing in Sangam, the confluence of the Rivers Ganges, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati, in Allahabad, India, Saturday, March 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh) Mar 20, 4:33 AM EDT
A Hindu devotee rotates a traditional oil lamp in during morning prayers a Sangam, the confluence of the Rivers Ganges, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati, in Allahabad, India, Saturday, March 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh) Mar 20, 4:33 AM EDT
A Hindu holy man dries his clothes after bathing in Sangam, the confluence of the Rivers Ganges, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati, in Allahabad, India, Saturday, March 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh) Mar 20, 4:20 AM EDT
Spring break revelers dance at the Mr. Frogs nightclub in Cancun, Mexico late Thursday, March 18, 2010. Mexico's spring break king, the Caribbean resort of Cancun, is rebounding quickly from last year's triple blow to its tourism industry caused by the country's swine flu epidemic, drug violence and a global economic crisis. (AP Photo/Israel Leal) Mar 19, 5:17 PM EDT
A spring break reveler hangs from her feet at the Mr. Frogs nightclub in Cancun, Mexico, late Thursday, March 18, 2010. Mexico's spring break king, the Caribbean resort of Cancun, is rebounding quickly from last year's triple blow to its tourism industry caused by the country's swine flu epidemic, drug violence and a global economic crisis. (AP Photo/Israel Leal) Mar 19, 3:51 PM EDT