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Clean technology investors who have suffered through 2009 can find cheer in a new report by the Cleantech Group that gives its top ten predictions for 2010. The number one prediction: Private capital growth will recover, the research group said. The group believes that the amount of money from global venture capital and private equity [...]

LONDON (Reuters) – Melting ice in West Antarctica could add tens of centimeters to rising sea levels over the next century, according to a report by the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) on Tuesday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is ready to shift the focus of its global AIDS programs from emergency medical support to building sustainable health systems, U.S. officials said on Monday as they announced that Washington would host the world AIDS conference in 2012.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States, which is preparing to lift a ban on visits by foreigners infected with HIV, will host a global AIDS conference in 2012 as a sign of redoubled U.S. commitment to fight the pandemic, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Tuesday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two-thirds of 382 fresh broiler chickens purchased from grocers by a U.S. consumer group were contaminated with one or both of the bacteria that cause most cases of food-borne illness, the group said on Monday.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Pregnant women who are exposed to higher levels of an increasingly controversial chemical in certain plastics may deliver their babies slightly earlier than women with less exposure, results of a study hint.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate began work on a sweeping healthcare overhaul on Monday, with senators on both sides pouncing on the findings in a nonpartisan budget report on insurance premiums to bolster their arguments.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Connecticut’s attorney general has sued CVS Caremark Corp, accusing the drugstore chain of selling food, beverages and over-the-counter medications past their expiration dates.