Bangladeshi mom want twins to stay in Australia
Wisconsin farmer promotes ‘good-food revolution’
Gates Foundation grants support unusual research
SEATTLE — What do chewing gum, chocolate and malaria have to do with each other? Not much, unless you’re a young scientist exploring unusual ways to think about world health.
Breast cancer awareness uses sex to sell message
LOS ANGELES — A woman in a skimpy white bikini sashays next to a swimming pool. Onlookers gawk, men’s tongues roll and music blares in the background.
Gap Inc. co-founder Donald Fisher dies
PORTLAND, Ore. — Donald G. Fisher, who founded clothing retailer Gap Inc., has died at age 81 after a long battle with cancer.
List of 2009 MacArthur Foundation grant recipients
The following 24 fellows each will receive $500,000 over the next five years from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation:
Gates Foundation helps bring banking to the poor
SEATTLE — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, best known for its work combating malaria, AIDS and other diseases, this week announced an effort to bring banking, including savings accounts, to the poor.
Cancer society cuts Oneida ties over cigarettes
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The American Cancer Society says it’s severing ties with the Oneida Indian Nation, jeopardizing the organization’s annual Coaches vs. Cancer fundraiser at the tribe’s Turning Stone Resort and Casino.
Health insurance premiums rose modestly in 2009
The cost of employer-sponsored health insurance rose modestly again this year, but researchers predict a return to bigger increases that may eventually produce crippling premiums if left unchecked.
Layoffs lead to fewer corporate blood donors in US
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Before the recession hit, Jacksonville’s blood bank would pull its buses up to the Anheuser-Busch brewery and pump 300 units of blood from employees.
