Hispanic and Asian children are more likely to possess genetic variations that make some patients intolerant to the treatment for Acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
The Islamist terror group ISIS on Friday launched a major assault on Kirkuk. The organization, which calls itself the "Islamic State" and controls large swaths of land in Syria and Iraq, is apparently renewing its efforts to take the city 147 miles north of Baghdad.
Two pilots are dead after a helicopter attempting to smuggle nearly a ton of hashish into the Malaga province of Spain crashed on Tuesday into an electricity pylon during a police chase.
Ecuador, the country led by Rafael Correa, a close ally of Venezuela's late Hugo Chavez and staunch critic of U.S. capitalism, will be the first foreign government to buy a Super Bowl commercial.
The president of the Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners has demanded an investigation into the LAPD's involvement in holding a meeting between a group of business leaders, local police chiefs and an infamous former Mexican Mafia boss. LAPD Chief Charlie Beck admitted late Thursday that "mistakes were made in holding" the meeting in downtown LA earlier this week.
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden's engagement with Latin American countries has been well-documented, and he is furthering the region's support by reiterating the Obama administration request to Congress for $1 billion for aid.
The much anticipated IndyCar Series opener that was scheduled for March in the Brazilian capital city of Brasília has been canceled. Brazilian public prosecutors have judged the race would end up costing the local government too much and have decided to pull the plug on the heavily promoted event.
Chile is one step closer to achieving equality for its gay and lesbian citizens. The South American country's legislature has passed a civil union bill that is to be signed by the president; however, the country still does not have marriage equality.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un could be visiting Russia this year, according to South Korean media and the Kremlin. It remains uncertain, however, whether Jong-Un will visit himself or will send another dignitary for Russia's celebrations of the end of the Second World War.
Senior Argentine prosecutor Alberto Nisman, who died under suspect circumstances on Jan. 18, was allegedly forced to borrow a gun from a colleague because he did not trust the police that were charged with protecting him.
The Malaysian government has officially declared the disappearance of Malaysian Airline flight MH370 an accidents. No trace of the Beijing-bound airplane has been found despite an intense search in the southern Indian Ocean since its disappearance.
Cuba President Raul Castro Wednesday addressed Latin American leaders and revealed relations with the U.S. have not normalized despite developments to renew diplomatic relations.
A U.N. peacekeeper from Spain was killed Wednesday, along with two Israeli soldiers in an exchange of fire between Hezbollah and Israel that took place in southern Lebanon.
