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Study: Death rates higher for elderly ICU patients in U.S.
March 08, 2010By Melinda Smith The U.S. Census Bureau estimates that by the year 2080, one in five Americans will be over age 65. For some time, experts have warned that health care needs of the elderly will be enormous in the years ahead. A study out this week...
U.S. Immigration: Filing for H-1B workers
March 07, 2010By Attorneys Robert L. Reeves and May Zhang The April 1st H-1B filing date is approaching fast. As discussed in our previous articles, the H-1B visa is subject to an annual cap of 65,000. An additional 20,000 H1B visas are allocated to alien workers...
Pentagon shooter, John Patrick Bedell, killed by police
March 05, 2010U.S. officials say the gunman who opened fire outside the Pentagon Thursday before being fatally shot by police was armed with two semi-automatic weapons. Pentagon police chief Richard Keevill says John Patrick Bedell was carrying several magazines of...
Pentagon shooting: Man trying to enter US military complex
March 05, 2010The Pentagon police chief says security officers have shot a man who tried to enter the U.S. military complex outside Washington, after the man drew a handgun and opened fire. Police chief Richard Keevill says two officers who returned fire were shot...
US FDA examining failures of LASIK eye surgery (video)
March 04, 2010By Vidushi Sinha LASIK eye surgery is used to correct people's vision and end their need for glasses or contact lenses. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the procedure 15 years ago. But now, a former government regulator is publicly...
Drug maker of Avandia accused of false advertising (video)
March 03, 2010By Carol Pearson A county in the U.S. state of California is suing GlaxoSmithKline, the maker of Avandia, a controversial diabetes drug. The lawsuit was spurred by a report on the drug released by the U.S. Senate last week (Feb. 22). That report accused...
International community pledges support for Chile following quake
February 27, 2010The international community is offering support to Chile in the wake of Saturday's devastating earthquake. The European Union pledged $4 million in immediate aid to the South American nation. EU Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso described the...
Moldovan immigrant in US trade military service for citizenship
February 26, 2010By Maggie Hyde Military recruits trade service for citizenship Last year Michael Melnic’s U.S. visa was set to expire. But Melnic, 41, an immigrant from the small former Soviet country of Moldova, was not ready to leave. A financial specialist...
Doctors in America in short supply (video)
February 25, 2010By Melinda Smith In the U.S., doctors are known for working extraordinarily long hours, seeing patients in the office and then at the hospital. But in the last decade American doctors have been either retiring or putting in shorter work weeks while...
Major snowstorm sweeps across Eastern US (photos of Washington)
February 06, 2010A major winter storm has pummeled parts of the U.S. Middle Atlantic region, dumping up to 50 centimeters of snow in some parts of the Washington area. The National Weather Service is predicting as much as 60 to 75 centimeters of snow for the Washington...