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2 leading Ebola vaccines appear safe, further tests starting

Tuesday, 13 January 2015, 13:55 Last update: about 10 years ago

The World Health Organization says the two leading Ebola vaccines appear safe and will soon be tested in healthy volunteers in West Africa. After an expert meeting this week, WHO said there is...

Merck seeks new OK for cancer drug, reorganization on track

Tuesday, 13 January 2015, 12:35 Last update: about 10 years ago

Drugmaker Merck & Co. is ratcheting up its race with rival Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. for leadership in one of today's hottest research areas, immuno-oncology, which harnesses the immune system to...

Disgraced designer John Galliano returns to catwalk

Tuesday, 13 January 2015, 12:33 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

Designer John Galliano, who left fashion in disgrace in 2011 after making anti-Semitic comments in a Paris bar, has returned with a debut show forfashion house Maison Martin...

GM's new electric could upstage Tesla _ and its own Volt

Tuesday, 13 January 2015, 12:25 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

With the introduction of an affordable electric car that can go 200 miles on a single charge, General Motors sets up a showdown with Tesla to sell an electric vehicle to the masses. It may also...

Hot cars at the Detroit auto show

Tuesday, 13 January 2015, 12:19 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

The North American International Auto Show begins this week in Detroit with media and industry previews. It opens to the public Jan. 17. Here are some of the new cars and experimental concept...

Prospect of Chinese cars in US still remain years away

Tuesday, 13 January 2015, 12:11 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

Another Chinese automaker is showing vehicles this year at the auto show in Detroit, raising the perennial question about when these companies might sell in the United States. The answer: Years...

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