Scientists have for the first time created blood platelet cells by reprogramming stem cells derived from adult cells, offering the potential for a renewable supply of the fragile blood component.
The budding rivalry between currently surging Newt Gingrich and former front-runner Mitt Romney will take center stage on Saturday in the first of two Republican presidential debates in Iowa over the next five days.
Antidepressants have made some sufferers of depression feel even more depressed, a fresh look at past studies has found.
According to a new look at past antidepressant trials, up to a fifth of patients on Cymbalta and similar medications may actually do worse than those given drug-free placebo pills.
A controversial state-funded date-rape ad campaign meant to warn young adults about the links between heavy drinking and rape has been pulled by Pennsylvania's Liquor Control Board after a barrage of criticism.
American paleontologists have unearthed in New Mexico fossil bones of North America’s largest-known dinosaur, which lived about 69 million years ago.
The wife of the former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky, accused of serial child sexual abuse, said on Thursday she believes the charges against her husband are absolutely untrue.
After his arrest Wednesday on the charge of 12 new child sex abuse counts involving two new alleged victims, former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky was released from an overnight jail stay Thursday after posting bail.
From the 2010 study, activity of people surfing the Internet, sending text messages and other mobile communication activities increased in the most recent survey to 0.9 percent of all drivers, up from 0.6 percent the previous year.
Joe Amendola, Jerry Sandusky's lawyer in the Penn State child sex abuse case, told reporters last week that his client may consider a guilty plea if more victims come forward. As new allegations surface, however, Amendola insists a plea deal was never on the table, instead outlining a defense strategy to undermine victim testimony and credibility.
Two new victims, Victims 9 and 10, have come forward in the sexual harassment case against former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky. Pennsylvania police arrested Sandusky at his home on Wednesday following the new charges brought forward in a grand jury report.
Former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky has been arrested by Pennsylvania police at his home on Wednesday for new charges brought forward and filed by a grand jury against him, according to reports.
In an effort to provide relief to families left with no potable drinking water in Dimock Pennsylvania, activists and local leaders shipped roughly 5,700 gallons of fresh water supplies by bus Tuesday from New York City's city hall.
The stringent anti-immigration laws that have proliferated in states since Arizona passed SB1070 encompass more than older immigration laws the U.S. Surpeme Court has deicided
Kate Gosselin, the American television personality and the mother of eight children, ran the Zappos.com Rock 'n' Roll Las Vegas Marathon on Sunday.
Former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno and board members of Second Mile, Jerry Sandusky's charity, partnered to develop a $125 million housing project, suggesting Paterno had close business ties with the group, reported the Daily.
New Jersey's annual bear hunt began on Monday in spite of attempts by animal-rights groups to stop it. Supporters of the hunt say it is necessary to reduce New Jersey's black bear population, while opponents say it is inhumane.
Ever thought about getting married in Hell, Michigan or sending your Christmas list to Santa Claus, Indiana?
GOP presidential hopeful Rick Santorum has spoken movingly about his daughter Bella's struggles with Trisomy 18 disorder. But what is Trisomy 18, and how does it affect those diagnosed? Though Santorum calls Bella the center of the universe, the devastating disorder claims nine of 10 children before age one and has severe physical and mental symptoms.
Major college football postseason bowls spurned Penn State Sunday because of the program's sex abuse scandal, and the Nittany Lions instead will play in a far less prominent game than its record suggests.
Employment growth picked up speed in November and the jobless rate dropped to a 2-1/2 year low of 8.6 percent, further evidence the economic recovery was gaining momentum.
Looking for the richest 1 percent? There's a gaggle roaming the Capitol Hill Rotunda. For all the focus on Wall Street's ills and the growing income disparity in America, a prominent target has been overlooked: Congress. Many lawmakers have enjoyed handsome levels of fiscal success.
