A quarter of people interviewed in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo last year during the ongoing Ebola outbreak believed the deadly virus wasn't real, according to a new study. A survey was conducted…
Doctors complete first living kidney transplant from one…
A team of doctors has performed a kidney transplant for the first time ever from one person living with HIV to another. The ground-breaking operation was completed Monday by a multidisciplinary team from the Johns…
University of Texas at Austin suspends Texas Cowboys…
The University of Texas at Austin has suspended the Texas Cowboys spirit group from campus for six years following an investigation into alleged hazing during a retreat last fall, the night before a new member…
Anti-stall system was activated before Ethiopian Airlines Boeing…
Officials investigating the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX crash believe that a new automated stall-prevention system was activated before the plane dived into the ground, two sources briefed on the investigation told ABC News. The…
Family of fifth-grader who died after classroom fight…
Lawyers for the family of Raniya Wright, the fifth-grader who died days after suffering injuries from a classroom fight with another student, said in a statement Friday that relatives were "struggling to make sense of…
Trades of 2018: the good, the bad and…
Our pick of the trades that worked out well or crashed and burned in 2018. Oil: when one-way bets go bad Even the most seasoned oil investors struggled to time the market’s gyrations in 2018.…
European aviation: winter blues blow airlines off course
It was midday on October 1 when Anders Ludvigsson found out that Primera, the small European airline he worked for, had just 12 hours before it was due to declare itself bankrupt. There was a…
The rise of “breaking point” travel
When was the last time you were well and truly out of your comfort zone? I can recall mine clearly: northern Mozambique, several years ago; a two-night diversion from a planned travel itinerary to a remote…
Lightbulb group shows way on climate change
To understand the disruptions of climate change on industry, consider the humble lightbulb. Twelve years ago, when Philips Lighting was considering the shift from incandescent lightbulbs to the much more efficient LED lights, the company…