Developed by a Sino-US startup, the groundbreaking new blood test is referred to as PanSeer. blood test 521 (photo credit: BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING, TECHNION) A new blood test can detect various types of cancer years before previously possible with traditional detection methods, according to a new research published in the scientific journal Nature Communications. Early detection…

Washington (CNN)Congressional lawmakers and the American public will have a chance to pay their respects to the civil rights icon and late congressman, Rep. John Lewis of Georgia, this week as his bo…

Greg Toppo, USATODAY Published 12:05 a.m. ET Nov. 22, 2016 U.S. Education Secretary John King is urging school districts nationwide to stop hitting and paddling students, saying corporal punishment is “harmful, ineffective, and often disproportionately applied to students of color and students with disabilities.”In a “dear colleague” letter being issued Tuesday, King asks educators to…

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Tom Cotton's opinion piece for the New York Times caused outrage A senator for the state of Arkansas has described slavery as a "necessary evil" on which the American nation was built.In a local newspaper interview, Republican Tom Cotton said he rejected the idea that the US was a systemically…

WASHINGTON — Joe Biden leads President Donald Trump by 7 points in the key swing state of North Carolina, according to a new NBC News/Marist poll, with voters also favoring Democratic Senate and gubernatorial candidates and saying by 2 to 1 that the state was right to balk at the Trump administration's Charlotte convention plans…