ATLANTA (AP) ― Only about 1 in 4 Americans with the AIDS virus have the infection under control with medications, federal health officials said Tuesday.Part of the reason is that about 20 percent of those infected with HIV don’t know it. People can have an infection for years without developing symptoms.An infection was once a death sentence, but medications that have been available for 15 years can turn it into a manageable condition, allowing those infected to live longer and healthier lives.H

Otitis media refers to all types of inflammation of the middle ear caused by an infection. It is the second most frequently diagnosed disease among outpatients of otorhinolaryngology and pediatrics, following upper respiratory tract inflammation. About one-third of infants aged 3 and under suffer from acute otitis media at least three times, and two-thirds at least once. Some infants are found to develop sequelle from this condition. Cases of fatal complications have been dramatically reduced du

WASHINGTON (AP) ― Count your blessings this Thanksgiving. It’s good for you.While it seems pretty obvious that gratitude is a positive emotion, psychologists for decades rarely delved into the science of giving thanks. But in the last several years they have, learning in many experiments that it is one of humanity’s most powerful emotions. It makes you happier and can change your attitude about life, like an emotional reset button.Especially in hard times, like these.Beyond proving that being gr

ULSAN (Yonhap News) ― Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors edged Ulsan Hyundai FC 2-1 in the opening leg of the championship soccer series. Playing in driving rain in the K-League championship series at Munsu Football Stadium in Ulsan, some 410 kilometers southeast of Seoul, Brazilian midfielder Eninho scored both goals for Jeonbuk in the second half. Jeonbuk is seeking its first K-League crown since 2009.The second leg will be played at 1:30 p.m. this Sunday at Jeonbuk’s home in Jeonju, some 240 kilometers s

Korean adoptee aims to take national ski team to the next levelA month has passed since he settled in Korea, and Toby Dawson, a U.S. Olympic bronze medalist skier, has just found out his real birth date.“I had a fake birth date from the orphanage, which was Nov. 30 in 1978. But two days ago my dad in Busan told me I was born on May 4 in 1979,” Dawson said Wednesday. Dawson, a Korea-born adoptee, came to Korea last month after being named freestyle ski coach for the national team. And after his o

South Korea’s consumer prices grew at a faster pace in November than a month earlier, fueled by a rise in product and public utility costs, a government report showed Thursday. According to the report by Statistics Korea, the country’s consumer price index rose 4.2 percent last month from a year earlier, increasing from a 3.6 percent on-year gain in October.The latest figure comes after the index stayed below the government’s annual inflation target of 4 percent for this year in September and Oc

Hyundai Steel Co. said Thursday it will supply 5-meter-wide steel plate rollers to India’s Essar Steel Ltd., becoming the first Korean company to enter the market for the large machinery.Only six companies in Germany, Japan and Sweden have so far manufactured rolling machines for steel plates with a width of more than five meters. The annual global demand for the super-wide rollers amounts to 250 million tons, 12 percent of which is from Korean steelmakers such as POSCO, Hyundai Steel and Dongku

Korea Forest Service Minister Lee Don-koo has been working toward a greener global environment since he took office in February.The agreement to set up the Asia Forest Cooperation Organization with ASEAN member states is the latest in his efforts to combat desertification and push for green growth. He also successfully proposed the Changwon Initiative ― which seeks to provide practical measures to tackle desertification ― at the U.N. Convention to Combat Desertification conference in Korea in Oc