The Republican-controlled Senate panel that authorizes defense spending wants the Pentagon’s embattled test office to oversee ...

Senator Bill Cassidy warned against any new restrictions, and insurers suggested they would still cover routine vaccinations ...

Now it's the House's turn with a hearing before the Judiciary Committee, which includes Republican Representative Thomas ...

When the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) convened a public expert panel to review the use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) during pregnancy, it re-opened a long-standing and ...

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., a longtime vaccine critic, has remade the agency he oversees, the U.S. Department of ...

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NASA's embattled Constellation moon program, thought by many to be on life support in the face of ongoing budget cuts, is technically feasible and "soundly" managed, a key panel says. Bill Harwood has ...

One student asked about the use of religious references to push political agendas. Another asked how to combat stigmas against religions that come from indigenous cultures, such as Yorùbá or Vodou.

This year’s battle between Democrats and President Bush over global warming and the future of fossil fuels is starting with the polar bear. Democrats on a House panel Thursday urged the administration ...

Premier Danielle Smith's Alberta Next panel closes out its cross-province tour Monday evening evening with a town hall in Calgary.

The commission investigating the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks questioned President Bush and Vice President Cheney for more than three hours yesterday in a historic Oval Office meeting, a session that Bush ...