Airman lost legs after gallbladder surgery -- An airman lost parts of both legs and was in critical condition after routine gallbladder surgery at Travis Air Force Base went terribly wrong, his family said.
Doc at center of VA cancer probe admits errors -- A doctor accused of botching dozens of prostate cancer surgeries at a Veterans Administration hospital admitted Monday that he sometimes missed his target when implanting radioactive seeds, leaving patients with incorrect dosages.
Volunteers sought for testing swine flu shots -- The government called Wednesday for several thousand volunteers to start rolling up their sleeves for the first swine flu shots, in a race to test whether a new vaccine really will protect against the virus before its expected rebound in the fall.
Mass flu vaccination would be madness -- The current threat of swine flu doesn’t justify a gamble on a vaccine that has not been fully tested!!
Think H1N1 is bad now? Wait till flu season -- Although the good news is that most H1N1/09 illnesses have been extremely mild, the rapidity of its spread — and the fact that young people seem to be especially vulnerable — still worries global health officials. "We don't know if it will actually ever completely go away," says David Butler Jones, the public health chief of Canada, which has been unusually hard-hit. "We're still seeing new cases, so nobody should let down their guard." There is always a chance that the virus could become more virulent when it returns in the fall — just as the deadly 1918 pandemic did.
Wireless patient tracking to halt contagion including swine flu -- It is time for our government to enact legislation requiring mandatory patient and caregiver tracking in hospitals and medical centers. We have a right to know if we have come in contact with a person who is contagious or if we have visited a location a contagious person recently occupied. Not only does it protect the individual, but the greater population. Read More...
Research In Motion Ltd. Warns Update Has Spyware -- Research In Motion Ltd. warned BlackBerry users in the United Arab Emirates that a software upgrade recommended by their wireless carrier was actually surveillance software that could enable unauthorized access to the popular smart phone. (Comment: At least someone is exposing this in the UAE, unlike how things go in the States. - Thanks Jimm!)
EPA Wants Better Monitoring of Airborne Lead -- The agency said it has no plans to change the lead air quality standard, which was tightened last year. But EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson said more monitoring may be needed to make certain that the tougher requirements are being followed. Exposure to even very low levels of lead in early life has been linked to damage to a child's IQ, learning disabilities and memory loss. (Comment: They're "concerned" about this, but don't talk about chemtrails or fluoride in the water. Thanks Jimm)
Va. Tech shooter's mental health records surface -- The discovery of missing mental health records of the Virginia Tech gunman has victims' families and the governor questioning the thoroughness of the criminal investigation into the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
Mexico to Host the 5th North American Leaders' Summit on August 9 and 10, 2009 -- Mexico will host the North American Leaders’ Summit in Guadalajara on August 9 and 10, 2009. President Obama will join his counterparts—Mexican President Felipe Calderon and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper—for this fifth annual summit.
SOTOMAYOR'S CONFIRMATION VOTE RESCHEDULED - HERE'S WHY By: Devvy Kidd -- "There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that Sotomayor has been a willing participant in a judicially run and tolerated bankruptcy fraud scheme. There is no hesitation on my part when I say that if given all the evidence, a grand jury would indict not only Sotomayor, but several other federal judges involved in this fraud."
Man bursts into flames after being hit by taser -- An Australian man is in a critical condition in hospital after he became engulfed in flames when he was shot by police with a Taser gun.
Bernanke fights audit threat to the fed -- Central bank chief argues more review would compromise independence, seeking to deny legislative victory for one of Fed's biggest opponents.
Top Pentagon contractors unnamed -- All of the work done by the unnamed contractors was in either Iraq or Afghanistan, the analysis shows. However, in previous years, classified contracts still identified the contractors — the listing last year marked the first time the Pentagon omitted the names in such a way. Further, the Defense Department also omitted addresses and other contractor identifiers, and even created false corporate identification numbers, known as “Dunn’s numbers,” for the companies (Aerospace DAILY, May 22, June 24).
World's biggest tsunami -- The largest recorded tsunami was a wave 1720 feet tall in Lituya Bay, Alaska. On the night of July 9, 1958 an earthquake along the Fairweather Fault in the Alaska Panhandle loosened about 40 million cubic yards (30.6 million cubic meters) of rock high above the northeastern shore of Lituya Bay.
Hold the line! The cavalry is coming -- Army Corps construction in Afghanistan - Some amazing things are being done under some unbelievably challenging circumstances.
Speed cameras tackle seatbelt & cell phone offenses in Kent UK -- Speed cameras across Kent, UK, are to be used to catch motorists using their cell phones or not wearing seatbelts, following the completion of a four-month trial in the Medway region between November 2008 and February 2009.
Doc at center of VA cancer probe admits errors -- A doctor accused of botching dozens of prostate cancer surgeries at a Veterans Administration hospital admitted Monday that he sometimes missed his target when implanting radioactive seeds, leaving patients with incorrect dosages.
Volunteers sought for testing swine flu shots -- The government called Wednesday for several thousand volunteers to start rolling up their sleeves for the first swine flu shots, in a race to test whether a new vaccine really will protect against the virus before its expected rebound in the fall.
Mass flu vaccination would be madness -- The current threat of swine flu doesn’t justify a gamble on a vaccine that has not been fully tested!!
Think H1N1 is bad now? Wait till flu season -- Although the good news is that most H1N1/09 illnesses have been extremely mild, the rapidity of its spread — and the fact that young people seem to be especially vulnerable — still worries global health officials. "We don't know if it will actually ever completely go away," says David Butler Jones, the public health chief of Canada, which has been unusually hard-hit. "We're still seeing new cases, so nobody should let down their guard." There is always a chance that the virus could become more virulent when it returns in the fall — just as the deadly 1918 pandemic did.
Wireless patient tracking to halt contagion including swine flu -- It is time for our government to enact legislation requiring mandatory patient and caregiver tracking in hospitals and medical centers. We have a right to know if we have come in contact with a person who is contagious or if we have visited a location a contagious person recently occupied. Not only does it protect the individual, but the greater population. Read More...
Research In Motion Ltd. Warns Update Has Spyware -- Research In Motion Ltd. warned BlackBerry users in the United Arab Emirates that a software upgrade recommended by their wireless carrier was actually surveillance software that could enable unauthorized access to the popular smart phone. (Comment: At least someone is exposing this in the UAE, unlike how things go in the States. - Thanks Jimm!)
EPA Wants Better Monitoring of Airborne Lead -- The agency said it has no plans to change the lead air quality standard, which was tightened last year. But EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson said more monitoring may be needed to make certain that the tougher requirements are being followed. Exposure to even very low levels of lead in early life has been linked to damage to a child's IQ, learning disabilities and memory loss. (Comment: They're "concerned" about this, but don't talk about chemtrails or fluoride in the water. Thanks Jimm)
Va. Tech shooter's mental health records surface -- The discovery of missing mental health records of the Virginia Tech gunman has victims' families and the governor questioning the thoroughness of the criminal investigation into the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
Mexico to Host the 5th North American Leaders' Summit on August 9 and 10, 2009 -- Mexico will host the North American Leaders’ Summit in Guadalajara on August 9 and 10, 2009. President Obama will join his counterparts—Mexican President Felipe Calderon and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper—for this fifth annual summit.
SOTOMAYOR'S CONFIRMATION VOTE RESCHEDULED - HERE'S WHY By: Devvy Kidd -- "There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that Sotomayor has been a willing participant in a judicially run and tolerated bankruptcy fraud scheme. There is no hesitation on my part when I say that if given all the evidence, a grand jury would indict not only Sotomayor, but several other federal judges involved in this fraud."
Man bursts into flames after being hit by taser -- An Australian man is in a critical condition in hospital after he became engulfed in flames when he was shot by police with a Taser gun.
Bernanke fights audit threat to the fed -- Central bank chief argues more review would compromise independence, seeking to deny legislative victory for one of Fed's biggest opponents.
Top Pentagon contractors unnamed -- All of the work done by the unnamed contractors was in either Iraq or Afghanistan, the analysis shows. However, in previous years, classified contracts still identified the contractors — the listing last year marked the first time the Pentagon omitted the names in such a way. Further, the Defense Department also omitted addresses and other contractor identifiers, and even created false corporate identification numbers, known as “Dunn’s numbers,” for the companies (Aerospace DAILY, May 22, June 24).
World's biggest tsunami -- The largest recorded tsunami was a wave 1720 feet tall in Lituya Bay, Alaska. On the night of July 9, 1958 an earthquake along the Fairweather Fault in the Alaska Panhandle loosened about 40 million cubic yards (30.6 million cubic meters) of rock high above the northeastern shore of Lituya Bay.
Hold the line! The cavalry is coming -- Army Corps construction in Afghanistan - Some amazing things are being done under some unbelievably challenging circumstances.
Speed cameras tackle seatbelt & cell phone offenses in Kent UK -- Speed cameras across Kent, UK, are to be used to catch motorists using their cell phones or not wearing seatbelts, following the completion of a four-month trial in the Medway region between November 2008 and February 2009.
