Frozen chicken should be cooked thoroughly to a safe minimum internal temperature of 165 degrees Fahrenheit (74 degrees Celsius) and the best way to do that was with a food thermometer, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said Monday.

The federal agency is linking the Salmonella sickness of 32 people in 12 to frozen dinners in which chicken is raw. Despite specific cooking instructions, the dinners were microwaved that results in uneven heat, which is not enough to kill the Salmonella bacteria, the agency said

Two French savants and a German scientist are this year's Nobel Prize for Medicine awardees.

Frenchmen Luc Montagnier, the director of the World Foundation for AIDS Research and Prevention, and Francoise Barre-Sinoussi, from the Institut Pasteur were recognized Monday for their discovery of the fatal Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome virus, which had killed million of people. For their valuable scientific contribution, the two were awarded half of the $1.39 billion (800,000 pound) prize money

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service has issued a public health alert due to recent 32 salmonellosis poisoning cases in 12 states.

The department said illness caused by Salmonella may be associated with raw, frozen, breaded and pre-browned, stuffed chicken entrees

Researchers now say that controlling the obesity-linked inflammation in a key part of the brain may help keep down weight.

The new study, published in the latest issue of the journal Cell, shows that Obesity is known to increase inflammation throughout the body and curbing it can help control the obesity to some extent

The anthrax vaccine appears to be just as effective and causes few side effects if its dosage is reduced and its administration is changed to intramuscular injection, new study has found.

The current anthrax vaccine adsorbed (AVA) vaccine is given in six doses -- at zero, two and four weeks then again at six, 12 and 18 months -- below the skin, or subcutaneously, with annual boosters