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It's Mother's Day - time to tell all the moms out there what a great job they are doing. Dads get the glory in a just a few weeks. Despite such praise, today's parents often question their choices -  and have a whole Internet of voices ready to question them, too. [+] more

First, they nixed the nachos. The Harvard College students thought finger food would be a bad idea for the formal dance they were planning earlier this month, so they chose items amenable to forks and tongs - spring rolls, pigs-in-a-blanket. And they made sure to have an abundant supply of cups, to prevent reuse. The students weren't worried about impropriety. They were worried about germs. [+] more

When Hee-Soon Juon asked her physician a few years ago whether she needed to be screened for exposure to the Hepatitis B virus, he told her, 'You don't need to be. You're in the U.S.A.' But Hepatitis B is widespread in Asian and sub-Saharan African countries, including Juon's native South Korea, and many immigrants have brought it with them to the United States. [+] more

Japan's Takeda Pharmaceuticals is to get $38 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop a crucial, low-cost polio vaccine for use in developing countries. [+] more