Updated: 06/19/2013 - The new study shows rates of vaccine-type HPV prevalence dropped from 11 percent before the vaccine was introduced, to 5 percent by 2010 for 14 to 19 year-old-girls.
Posted: 06/19/2013 - The man who played Tony Soprano on the HBO series, died suddenly of a heart attack Wednesday. He was scheduled to appear at the Taormino Film Fest in Sicily. Gandolfini is survived by his wife and son, and a daughter born just last fall.
Posted: 06/19/2013 - Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said Wednesday the U.S. economy continues to heal, but suggested that it is too soon to start tapering the central bank's $85 billion in monthly bond purchases.
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Posted: 06/19/2013 - Overland Park police say a man is hospitalized after a friend allegedly stabbed him with a sword.
Posted: 06/18/2013 - Dad's household tasks are worth about $23,344 according to the 2013 Insure.com Father's Day index.
Posted: 06/19/2013 - South Africans are having a difficult time dealing with the prospect of losing the man who led the country out of apartheid. In Soweto, where many of the battles of South Africa's liberation struggle were fought, they've been celebrating his quick recovery.
Posted: 06/19/2013 - Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said Wednesday the U.S. economy continues to heal, but suggested that it is too soon to start tapering the central bank's $85 billion in monthly bond purchases.
Posted: 06/19/2013 - Kansas congressman Mike Pompeo is trying to quell fears back home about government electronic surveillance.
Updated: 06/19/2013 - The new study shows rates of vaccine-type HPV prevalence dropped from 11 percent before the vaccine was introduced, to 5 percent by 2010 for 14 to 19 year-old-girls.
Posted: 06/19/2013 - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 36 percent of American adults are obese. The American Medical Association is now officially calling it a disease.
Updated: 06/19/2013 - Last year, about 18 percent of adults who participated in a national health survey described themselves as current smokers, according to the latest figures.