College enrollment is up 37.3 percent since 2000. Hispanic students have increased 87.5%, black students, 75.6%. Whites still comprise the majority of college students, at 60.5%. Women in college now substantially outnumber men.
US researchers say they will redouble their efforts to create human sperm from stem cells following the success of a Japanese study involving mice. A Kyoto University team used mice stem cells to create...
As many as 13,000 people received steroid shots suspected in a national meningitis outbreak, health officials said Monday. But it’s not clear how many are in danger. Officials don’t how many of the shots...
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greek police fired teargas and stun grenades at protesters in central Athens on Tuesday when they tried to break through a barrier and reach visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Tens of...
NEW YORK – For the first time in its history, the United States does not have a Protestant majority, according to a new study. One reason: The number of Americans with no religious affiliation...
Eight people have now been killed and 97 others sickened by an outbreak of fungal meningitis in nine US states. The death toll rose by one and the number of cases was up from...
It’s celebration time for Venezuela’s incumbent leader Hugo Chavez who has dominated his democrat rival in a hard-fought election battle for the country’s top job. The poll’s sky-high turnout of over 80 percent proved...
(Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel will tell Greeks she wants to keep their country in the euro when she visits Athens this week, but she faces a hostile reception from a people worn...
A powerful lawmaker is calling for Senate hearings following a lawsuit charging the Environmental Protection Agency conducted illegal human experiments, including some that exposed asthmatic patients to known carcinogens. Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., called...
