Topic: The Associated Press

Going back to prehistoric times, when wild animals such as wolves were domesticated, human beings have had a special relationship with their pets. This changed in mid-April 2010, when the Associated Press joined forces with the website petside.com to determine the therapeutic ...
Pfizer Inc. said Wednesday its animal health unit and the American Kennel Club Canine Health Foundation entered an exclusive partnership on new areas of research on dog diseases and treatments.Pfizer said the goal is to strengthen efforts to prevent, treat and cure ...

Health Highlights: June 9, 2010

The World Health Organization's decisions about swine flu responses weren't influenced by advisers' financial links to drug companies, according to WHO Director-General Dr. Margaret Chan.. "At no time, not for one second, did commercial interests enter my decision-making," she said Tuesday, the ...

June 9, 2010

Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay:. The World Health Organization's decisions about swine flu responses weren't influenced by advisers' financial links to drug companies, according to WHO Director-General Dr. Margaret Chan.. ...
AP-Petside.com poll: Where will your next pet come from? Shelter pets favored by wide marginRemember that old song, "How much is that doggie in the window?" For most Americans, it seems it's no sale.More than half of people in an Associated Press-Petside.com ...

Health Highlights: Nov. 6, 2009

Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay: Pig ears and beef hooves pet treats made by California-based Pet Carousel may be contaminated with salmonella, warns the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.. A historic ...

Removing Cats to Protect Birds Backfires on Island

BANGKOK, Thailand (Associated Press)?It seemed like a good idea at the time: Removing the cats from Macquarie "caused environmental devastation" that will cost authorities 24 million Australian dollars ($16.2 million) to remedy, Dana Bergstrom of the Australian Antarctic Division and her colleagues ...
Here at TPM we've been chronicling some of the more ridiculous reporting on the presidential election that's been produced by the Associated Press.But now we think we've found the most Pulitzer-worthy AP effort yet. Gaze upon this headline and subhed -- the ...