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An article in the December issue of The Human Fertility Journal reports on a first-ever large-scale survey of women choosing to be single moms. The majority of participants (59%) had completed a postgraduate degree; 29% had an undergraduate degree.

Lt. Colonel Wangyee Vang, of the Lao Veterans of America Institute, met with Members of the U.S. Congress to rally support in Washington to grant veterans' benefits to Lao Hmong veterans who served secretly in Laos during the Vietnam War.

The Global Initiative on Sharing Avian Influenza Data (GISAID), a nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C., today announced the launch of its new flu database to be used by researchers in the ongoing fight against various forms of influenza.

Sibley welcomes Dr. Chernofsky, Gynecologic Oncologist

It's a big week for Asia. Election results are due in India, swine flu has claimed its first cases in Asia and countries from Japan to Pakistan are experiencing political turmoil of one kind or another. How to stay informed? Asia Chronicle.

The George Washington University Homeland Security Policy Institute (HSPI) today announced its 2009 Senior Fellows class, a distinguished group drawn from many disciplines that will contribute greatly to HSPI’s policy and research agenda.

Leximo , a collaborative, user-run, world dictionary pioneering a new approach towards the dictionary, unveils the Leximo Dictionary Manifesto on their company blog, LexiBlog.