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An international team of scientists have sequenced the genome of the tsetse fly, which carries the parasite that causes sleeping sickness in humans the livestock version of the disease, called nagana. The finding will help scientists to develop new ways of fighting the Trypanosomiasis, and endemic disease tha could be fatal without treatment.

Debra Messing feels great after losing 20 pounds. Speaking to ABC News, the former Will & Grace star said she set out to rid her body of the ‘crappy foods’ she grew up consuming after feeling constantly tired and lethargic – which she had simply attributed to the busy life of a single working mom.

This Saturday, the National Drug Enforcement Administration will kick off its 8th annual “National Prescription Drug Take Back Day.” The nationwide event provides you with a safe outlet to properly dispose of expired and unused prescription medications cluttering your medicine cabinets. The DEA says the goal of the event is to help keep dangerous drugs off the streets and out …

There’s another player in the mining of big data: Verizon Wireless. It is “enhancing” its Relevant Mobile Advertising. What does this “enhancement” mean? According to a notice to customers quoted in the Los Angeles Times:

A 2-year-old girl is very fortunate after a vicious dog attack and a loving mother who went to extraordinary lengths to fight off the dog. Chelsi Camp was watching a pit bull for a friend. The dog had always seemed friendly. When the dog approached her 2-year-old daughter Mackenzi, however, Camp said the pit bull must have smelled her dog …

He can be seen in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 as one of Spidey’s nemeses, Electro – a spooky blue villain who can control electricity. And as he prepared to watch his character make its cinematic debut at the New York premiere pf the film on Thursday, Jamie Foxx was joined by one of his biggest fans in the form of …

Two young Irish boys lived a dream this week when they got to meet Winter the Dolphin. Hassan and Hussein Benhaffaf, 4-year-old twins born conjoined from the chest to the pelvis, were separated when they were 4-months-old. Each boy was left with only one leg and one kidney. They have wanted to meet Winter since watching the Dolphin Tale movie.

April 23 marks 30 years since the U.S. announced the discovery of what causes AIDS: a retrovirus called HTLV-III, later renamed HIV. At their 1984 press conference, in the face of one of the world’s most terrifying medical epidemics, Health and Human Services Secretary Margaret Heckler and virologist Dr. Robert Gallo of the National Cancer Institute projected scientists would be …

The crazy, stunt-filled show, Buckwild returns to MTV for season 2 after being cancelled last year due to the death of their cast member Shain Gandee.

At least 13 people are hurt after a school bus in California ran off the road, went up a steep hillside and crashed into a tree. According to fire officials, the bus was carrying children from a charter school in Anaheim. The bus appeared to be stuck on the hill, up against the tree, making it difficult for emergency crews …

As falls can be devastating for older people, 1 many interventions to reduce the risk of falls in this group have been examined. Vitamin D supplementation is a strategy receiving much attention in view of its ease of administration and perceived favourable benefit-to-risk ratio.