Posted in CDC, California, Illinois, New York City, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, bacteria, children, fatal bacteria, salmonella, small turtles on January 26, 2008 | No Comments »
THURSDAY, Jan. 24 (HealthDay News) — Small pet turtles were to blame for 103 cases of Salmonella infection in the second half of last year, mostly in young children, U.S. health officials said Thursday.But the true number of infections with the potentially fatal bacteria is undoubtedly much higher, officials added.
Even though the [...]
Posted in Allergan, Botox, FDA, Myobloc, deaths, pneumonia, respiratory failure, toxins on January 26, 2008 | No Comments »
WASHINGTON - A public interest group petitioned the Food and Drug Administration on Thursday to increase the warnings on the popular cosmetic and drug Botox.
Dr. Sidney Wolfe of Public Citizen Health Research Group said severe reactions including deaths have been linked to the product.
Botox and another drug, Myobloc, use botulinum toxin, which [...]
Posted in EU, biofuels, biomass, greenhouse gas emissions on January 26, 2008 | No Comments »
An internal European Commission study, seen by AFP Friday, criticises an EU plan to boost the use of biofuels in transport, concluding that their costs outweigh the benefits.A Commission spokesman downplayed the study and insisted that the use of biofuels remained at the centre of its strategy to cut greenhouse gas emissions [...]
Posted in Harvaard, Yaale, afordability, fiancial aid, higher costs to taxpayers, increase in tuitions, middle class, student loans on January 26, 2008 | No Comments »
Harvard and Yale recently have made pronouncements regarding increased middle-class affordability and access. It is well within their rights to do as they wish, but their decisions could increase costs for the thousands of universities without huge endowments, drive up the tuition price, and reduce access for low- and middle-income students.
Exchanging [...]
