National Black HIV/Aids Awareness day, an annual initiative organized by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, was held Monday, Feb. 7 to encourage Americans to be informed about HIV and get tested. "By race/ethnicity, African Americans face the most severe burden of HIV in the United States," the CDC said in an online report released Monday. [...more]
Bill Erwin, a Hollywood veteran who appeared as the grumpy old man on television's "Seinfeld," has died of age-related causes. He was 96. Erwin's son Mike told the Los Angeles Times that his father died at his home in Studio City, Calif. on Dec. 29. [...more]
Weight loss has always been a widespread New Year’s resolution, and in keeping with previous years, wannabe dieters have taken to the internet in recent days to hash out a get-fit plan for 2011. [...more]
Anne Francis, the star of the science-fiction classic "Forbidden Planet" and the 1960s TV show "Honey West," has died. She was 80 years old. The actress reportedly died of complications from pancreatic cancer in a in Santa Barbara, Calif. retirement home, according to the Los Angeles Times. [...more]
Geraldine Hoff Doyle, the inspiration for the woman in the famous "Rosie the Riveter" poster, died Sunday. She was 86. Doyle's daughter, Stephanie Gregg, told the New York Times that her mother died from arthritis complications. [...more]
U.S. researchers say that the brain under general anesthesia is in a state of reversible coma, not asleep. Three neuroscientists say anesthetized brain activity more closely resembles the low-brain activity of coma patients than that of sleeping patients. [...more]
Share Billy Taylor, famed jazz promoter, pianist and composer, died of a heart attack in a Manhattan hospital, his family said Wednesday. He was 89. Considered one of the genre’s most passionate advocates, Taylor devoted his life to educating people about jazz and broadcasting the music. Dr. Taylor, as he liked to be called, played [...] [...more]
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