[Health] Flu shot in senior citizens just 9% effective against toughest strain

Flu shot in senior citizens just 9% effective against toughest strain
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/02/21/172612207/flu-vaccine-has-been-feeble-for-elderly-this-season
ATLANTA -- This year's flu shot is doing a startlingly poor job of protecting senior citizens from the harshest strain this season, proving just 9% effective, the government said Thursday.

Germany: Morning-After Pill Allowed for the Victims of Rape, Bishops Say
http://www.france24.com/en/20130221-german-catholics-okay-morning-after-pill-rape-victims
In a softening of their hard-line stance toward the use of contraception, Germany's Roman Catholic bishops said Thursday that hospitals run by the church could provide women who had been raped with versions of the morning-after pill that prevent ...

Functional human ears can now be made with 3-D printers
http://now.msn.com/artificial-human-ears-can-now-be-made-with-3-d-printers
Did you hear the one about the fully functional artificial human ear made with a 3-D printer? Actually, it's no joke. Scientists have bioengineered an artificial ear made using a 3-D printer that looks and works like a normal human ear.