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“This season is a somber reminder of why flu is one of the nation’s greatest public health challenges,” acting CDC director Dr. Anne Schuchat said in a press briefing today. “This week, we have seen increased [influenza-like illness] activity, more…
The second Zumwalt-class stealth destroyer has passed its sea test. A statement from Naval Sea Systems Command says the future USS Michael Monsoor successfully completed its acceptance trials Thursday. The Portland Press Herald reports the statement says onboard systems such…
Researchers using a high-tech aerial mapping technique have found tens of thousands of previously undetected Mayan houses, buildings, defense works and pyramids in the dense jungle of Guatemala’s Peten region, suggesting that millions more people lived there than previously thought.…
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The government of Ecuador will continue providing international protection for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange as long as his life may be in danger, the Ecuadorean Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday. “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility…
BERLIN (Sputnik) – Negotiations on Turkey’s EU accession should remain frozen until respect for democratic principles and human rights is restored in the country, a draft coalition agreement between Chancellor Angela Merkel’s alliance of CDU/CSU and the Social Democratic Party…
US stock market fell sharply since Friday, erasing gains of the year. The Dow Jones industrial average fell by more than four percent on Monday. The index lost 1175 points, the largest single-day points drop in history and the most…
