Obama’s approval rating slides again
WASHINGTON, Sept 17, AFP
US President Barack Obama’s job approval rating
continued its downward spiral Friday, dropping to 43 percent while
his disapproval rating soared to 50 percent, according to a new
opinion poll. The survey, commissioned jointly by The New York Times
and CBS News, also showed that 39 percent of Americans say the
economy is fairly bad,
 Full Story
High blood pressure genetic clues
17 Sep BBC
More than 20 new sections of genetic code have
been linked to blood pressure by an international team of
scientists. Almost everyone will carry at least one of the genetic
variants, according to studies published in Nature and Nature
Genetics.
Full Story
Pakistan is hit by dengue fever epidemic
17 Sep BBC
The government in Pakistan’s eastern province of
Punjab is struggling to control a growing dengue fever epidemic,
officials say. They have warned that it threatens to affect other
parts of the country.
Full Story
|
