Donald Trump's pick to replace Michael Flynn just turned down the job

Donald Trump's pick to replace Michael Flynn just turned down the job

18.02.2017

Harward said Thursday he believed being Trump's national security adviser required "24 hours a day, 7 days a week focus and commitment to do it right". Harward eventually became deputy commander of U.S. Central Command in 2011, a post from which he retired in 2013. How could Trump have publicly offered the post to Harward without knowing Harward would accept it? Bob Harward, the retired Navy vice admiral, was reportedly offered the job of national security advisor but has not yet ...

FDA approves Valeant's drug to treat plaque psoriasis

18.02.2017

Beitz is director of the Office of Drug Evaluation III in the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. Support for the approval came from three randomized, placebo-controlled trials involving a total of 4,373 adults with moderate-severe plaque psoriasis.

Delhi blasts accused walk free

Delhi blasts accused walk free

17.02.2017

However, he held the third accused, Tariq Ahmed Dar, guilty of being a member of a terror outfit and giving support to it, but let him off too, saying he has already undergone more than 10 years in jail, which is the maximum punishment prescribed under the law for these offences.

IRS eases up on plans for Obamacare penalty enforcement

17.02.2017

The move is a result of an executive order signed by President Donald Trump just hours after he took the oath of office and is seen as a blow to Obamacare's individual mandate that was touted by former President Barack Obama as part of the three-legged stool vital to maintain the Affordable Care Act.

Shredded cheese and pimento spread put on a listeria list

Shredded cheese and pimento spread put on a listeria list

17.02.2017

No illnesses from those cheeses have been reported to date, according to Guggisberg. Some of these products were distributed in Pennsylvania. Cheese produced by Deutsch Kase Haus, LLC, of Middlebury, Indiana, for several companies including MDS Foods Inc., Sara Lee, Sargento, and Country Fresh, is at the center of the recall and investigation by the U.S.

India's biennial aero show is a visual spectacle. Here's proof

India's biennial aero show is a visual spectacle. Here's proof

17.02.2017

Building on the success of the Hawk Mk132, which recently completed 100,000 flying hours with the Indian Air Force and the Indian Navy, the new features of the Advanced Hawk enable training activities now performed on frontline fighter aircraft to be undertaken on the updated air platform.

Would-be fathers too may be at risk of depression

Would-be fathers too may be at risk of depression

17.02.2017

Two percent of the men experienced depression during their partner's pregnancy, and this number jumped to four percent after the baby was born. University of Auckland's team of researchers looked at 3,500 New Zealand expecting couples and assessed their mental health .

Smaller brains linked to ADHD diagnoses: Dutch researchers

17.02.2017

The researchers reviewed one brain scan per ADHD patient and were surprised to find that there was no effect from medications. However, neither a comorbid psychiatric disorder nor psychostimulant medications appeared to cause the brain differences of people in the study with ADHD, authors wrote.

KitKat maker Nestle misses forecasts as profit falls

17.02.2017

Net profit at the maker of Kitkat chocolate bars and Nescafe instant coffee fell to 8.5 billion francs previous year, well short of the average estimate for 9.59 billion francs in a Reuters poll of analysts, hit by a one-off non-cash adjustment to deferred taxes.

Crews recover body from Lake Champlain during search for missing snowmobilers

17.02.2017

It's unclear whether the recovered body is one of the two missing snowmobilers. State Police divers and Vermont State Police located the body near where the body of the first snowmobiler was recovered Wednesday, officials said. Teams found their snowmobiles in the water Sunday near the NY shore. The search for Ryan is continuing. State Police said the two men were trying to cross the lake from Benson Landing, Vermont to Ticonderoga the night of February 9.