October2016

News Hour: As voters consider soda taxes in four U.S. cities, a new study finds that low-income Berkeley neighborhoods slashed sugar-sweetened beverage consumption by more than one-fifth after the Northern California city enacted the nation’s first...

News Hour: As per the decision of the FIFA Emergency Committee taken on 18 December 2015, a normalisation committee was set up for the Guatemalan Football Association (FEDEFUT), whose tasks were to run the daily business...

News Hour: A deadly complication of measles in young children that strikes years after infection may be more common than previously thought, according to a study presented on Friday that stressed the importance of vaccinations against...

News Hour: Brazilian health officials say they do not expect a second wave of widespread Zika infections similar to that of a year ago, despite warming temperatures causing a rebound in reproduction of the mosquito responsible...

News Hour: Medical device maker St. Jude Medical Inc said on last Friday it has notified doctors to stop implants of one of its cardiac pacemakers, citing reports of problems with electronic data reporting caused by...

News Hour: Mylan NV’s price hikes on EpiPens have added millions to U.S. Department of Defense spending since 2008 as the agency covered more prescriptions for the lifesaving allergy shot at near retail prices, government data...

News Hour: FIFA can today confirm the worldwide extension of the sanction imposed on the Estonian player Aleksandr Dubõkin by the Disciplinary Committee of the Estonian Football Association (EFA) on 23 July 2015 relating to incidents...

News Hour: Smiley faces and images of food and cats designed almost 20 years ago by a Japanese phone company and used in digital messages worldwide have now attained the status of art. The Museum of...

News Hour: Sebastian Vettel put Ferrari into the Mexican Grand Prix mix with the fastest practice lap on Friday while Lewis Hamilton laid down a marker in his title battle with Mercedes team mate Nico Rosberg....

News Hour: Talented youngster Mehedi Hasan Miraz achieved the rare feat as he became the first Bangladeshi cricketer and only the second off-spinner to take consecutive five wickets in his first two Tests during the second...