Authorities increased security Friday at a tuberculosis hospital where patients with drug-resistant forms of the disease went on a rampage to protest prison-like conditions. Twenty-two patients were arrested Wednesday, accused of public violence and assault after they pelted staff with stones and vandalized equipment. But the local police station and...
Friday, June 27, 2008
NYC urges docs to do routine HIV testing on adults
Health officials are trying to persuade doctors to offer HIV tests to nearly every patient in a New York City community hit harder than most by AIDS. Under a new program announced Thursday, officials have set an ambitious goal of testing a quarter million adults in the Bronx, one of five boroughs that make up New York City, within three years. We need...
US checks if tomatoes caused Salmonella outbreak
As salmonella cases continue to climb, the government is checking if tainted tomatoes really are to blame for the record outbreak — or if the problem is with another ingredient, or a warehouse that is contaminating newly harvested tomatoes. The widening outbreak — with 810 people confirmed ill — means whatever is making people sick could very well...
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Lack of sunshine vitamin may cloud survival odds
New research linking low vitamin D levels with deaths from heart disease and other causes bolsters mounting evidence about the "sunshine" vitamin's role in good health. Patients with the lowest blood levels of vitamin D were about two times more likely to die from any cause during the next eight years than those with the highest levels, the study found....
Health insurance lags most in Southwest, CDC says
The Southwest has the lowest rate of health insurance coverage in the country, with 30 percent of non-elderly adults and 18 percent of children uninsured, according to a new government study. New England — with a rate of uninsured people less than half that of the Southwest — has the largest proportion of its population covered, the study found. The...
Venezuelan 'System' brings classics to the barrios
A violin case slung over her shoulder, 10-year-old Daniela Fagundez trudges home along a row of muddy yards where chickens scratch among banana trees and laundry hangs drying on wire fences. She's an unlikely classical musician, the daughter of a construction worker father who dropped out of high school and a mother who has cleaned houses to help the...
Iran issues warning over nuclear program
Iran's parliament speaker warned the West on Wednesday that it may face a done deal if it provokes Iran, a stern hint that Tehran could build nuclear weapons if attacked. The speaker, Ali Larijani, who was once Iran's top nuclear negotiator, also warned that a short opportunity is left for a deal with Iran over its nuclear program, which the U.S. and...
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
NYSE Euronext to buy stake in Doha exchange
The state of Qatar has agreed to sell 25 percent of the Doha Securities Market to NYSE Euronext (NYX.N) for $250 million in a bid to become the booming region's financial hub and extend global links.Transatlantic bourse NYSE Euronext -- which comprises the New York Stock Exchange and several leading European bourses -- said on Tuesday the deal was...
Lone Star cleared of KEB unit price manipulation
A South Korean high court on Tuesday cleared U.S. private equity house Lone Star of manipulating the stock price of a former credit card firm, removing an obstacle to HSBC's $6.3 billion deal to buy control of Korea Exchange Bank. The verdict, rejecting an earlier judgment, reduces legal uncertainties for Lone Star (LS.UL) and raises hopes for UK-based...
U.S. Morning Call for Monday, June 23, 2008
Overnight Global News * The European stock market is trading mildly higher this morning with the European DJ Stoxx 50 up +0.55%. However, European automakers and airlines are trading generally lower this morning on higher oil prices. Daimler and Renault are each down -1.6% this morning. British Airways is down -1.3%. HBOS is down -3.1% this morning...
Minimum Wage = Maximum Unemployment
Michigan's May unemployment rate of 8.5% is the highest in the country, and it's not even close: The state with the next highest jobless rate is Rhode Island at 7.2%, more than a full percentage point below Michigan. And compared to South Dakota, the state with the lowest rate of 2.9%, Michigan's rate is a whopping 5.6% higher. And it's about to get...
Mississauga Local Locksmith Services – for Those Irritating Lock-Outs
One of those irritating facts of life concerns the illegal activities of people who make a living by helping themselves to the property of residents in the Mississauga area. Criminals are a real annoyance, as they are ceaselessly on the prowl for opportunities to burglarize properties or steal automobiles. Although people are generally made aware of...
U.N. condemns Zimbabwean violence
HARARE, Zimbabwe The U.N. Security Council has unanimously condemned the Zimbabwean government because of violence that has marred the campaign leading up to a scheduled presidential election runoff, which forced the withdrawal of the opposition candidate from the race.The council's statement -- issued late Monday --questioned the legitimacy of any...
