Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) — The U.S. government and the richest
charity are offering bounties to a new wave of scientists to
wipe out HIV, the virus that causes AIDS and is one of the
world’s biggest killers.
Frustrated by one failure after another, the U.S. is asking
scientists to outline a major program to find a cure for HIV,
while the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in Seattle is offering
grants of $100,000 for researchers working on ways to drive Read the rest of this entry »

Virginia Police Hunt Suspect Who Shot Officer, Neighbors
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
DRAPER, Va. —  Authorities searched in two Virginia counties Tuesday for a man suspected of shooting two neighbors — one fatally — and a sheriff’s deputy.
A woman also was injured when she apparently jumped from the second story of a house to escape a fire that authorities believe was connected to the shootings.
Virginia State Police Sgt. Read the rest of this entry »

Tom Hunt, former chairman of Hunt Petroleum, dies of cancer
01:45 PM CST on Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Tom Hunt, former chairman of Hunt Petroleum and nephew of famed oilman H.L. Hunt, died this morning at Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas after a brief fight with leukemia. He was 85.
Associated his entire life with famous first cousins like Bunker, Herbert, Caroline and Lamar Hunt, Mr. Hunt was perhaps the most Read the rest of this entry »

SEATTLE — The University of Washington Medical Center was placed under lockdown while police searched for a bank robber Wednesday afternoon.
The robbery happened at the Key Bank at 1300 NE 45th Street at about 2 p.m. The suspect implied he had a gun, but used a note in the robbery.
The FBI says the suspect is an Asian or Hispanic male in his 30’s, 5-feet 5-inches tall with a thin build. He was wearing a windbreaker, white pants and an orange Read the rest of this entry »

A new nanoscale cantilever could speed up the screening of potential new antibiotics, aiding the search for ways to beat the growing numbers of drug-resistant “superbugs”.
The tiny gadget remains rigid when exposed to an ineffectual drug, but registers a hit by literally bending under the stress caused by an effective antibiotic.
Antibiotics have become the “poor relation” of pharmaceutical research, says
at University College London, UK. Drug Read the rest of this entry »

HIGH POINT, N.C. —
Dr. William Jack Hunt, 90, a resident of River Landing at Sandy Ridge, died Wednesday morning, Nov. 26, 2008, at the Presbyterian Home. Dr. Hunt was born Sept. 13, 1918, in High Point, a son of Vilas Lee Hunt and Norah Lena Koontz Hunt.
He was preceded in death by his parents; an infant son, William John Hunt; and his sister, Virginia McKinney.
He graduated from High Point High School and took his undergraduate degree from Read the rest of this entry »

Hope, confusion in hunt for ovarian cancer tests
WASHINGTON (AP) — Does a test that promises to find ovarian cancer sooner really do so? Could other tests nearing the market prolong survival by getting patients the right care faster? A race is on for blood tests to better detect this intractable killer, but the Food and Drug Administration is probing whether to crack down on the first one to sell.
It’s a time of both hope and confusion.
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“Five in one year,” said Dr. Frederick Mueller of UNC-Chapel Hill, director of the National Center for Catastrophic Injury. “I don’t think we’ve ever had that many [die] in a year in North Carolina.”
In December, Khalid Prince of Winston-Salem Parkland collapsed on the court and died during the second quarter of a junior varsity basketball game against North Surry.
The Forsyth County Medical Examiner’s Office reported that Prince suffered from Read the rest of this entry »

Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) — The U.S. government and the richest
charity are offering bounties to a new wave of scientists to
wipe out HIV, the virus that causes AIDS and is one of the
world’s biggest killers.
Frustrated by one failure after another, the U.S. is asking
scientists to outline a major program to find a cure for HIV,
while the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in Seattle is offering
grants of $100,000 for researchers working on ways to drive Read the rest of this entry »

US police hunting for actress Jennifer Hudson’s missing seven-year-old nephew say they have found the body of a boy in a white car, reports say.
Julian King has not been seen since Hudson’s mother and brother were found shot dead in their Chicago home.
Police issued a search alert for Julian and a 1994 white Chevrolet Suburban vehicle after Friday’s discovery.
There is no confirmation of the body’s identity. Hudson has offered a $100,000 reward Read the rest of this entry »