... , and are better equipped emotionally for the experience, according to researchers. Martino said virginity pledges are unlikely to be a viable means to encouraging all adolescents to delay the ...

The head of the US Senate's antitrust panel has pledged a "careful review" of the joint venture on online search advertising announced by Yahoo and Google.

... some young people postpone the start of sexual activity. Researchers found that adolescents who made pledges to remain virgins until they are married were less likely to be sexually active over the ...

Delegates pledge to look for common ground as the International Whaling Commission convenes in Chile.

Environmentalists criticized the pledge because it failed to set a short-term goal for emissions cuts.

An NDP government would forgive the student loans of new family doctors who remain in general practice at least 10 years, NDP Leader Jack Layton pledged on Monday.

World leaders and the heads of philanthropic organizations gathered at the UN on Thursday to pledge nearly $3 billion US to fight malaria, with the aim of eradicating it by 2015.

Indonesian authorities pledge to stop the loss of forests and species in Sumatra, one of the world's most ecologically important islands.

... , FASM, Chairman of the ASM Materials Education Foundation Board of Trustees for 2009, has announced a personal pledge of $100,000 to support the educational outreach efforts of the ASM Foundation.

... counterparts in 12 states and regional leaders from four other countries signed a declaration Wednesday pledging to work together to combat global warming, a move Schwarzenegger said will help push ...

BEIJING (AP) -- Chinese health authorities and the U.N. AIDS agency pledged to fight discrimination against people with the disease in China with the unveiling Sunday of a massive red ribbon, the ...

President-elect Barack Obama pledged to embrace scientific advice, no matter how inconvenient.

BALTIMORE, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Teens signing pledges to remain virgins until marriage are likely to engage in premarital sex and more likely not to use birth control, U.S. researchers report.

The U.S. government spends more than $200 million annually on abstinence programs, including virginity pledges.

... brain injury are not getting adequate health care and job assistance for their long-term recovery despite years of government pledges to do so, Veterans Affairs Department investigators say....