Hurricane Bill grows to Category 4 storm -- Are you prepared?
Monsanto to Charge as Much as 42% More for New Seeds -- Monsanto Co., the world’s largest seed maker, plans to charge as much as 42 percent more for new genetically modified seeds next year than older offerings because they increase farmers’ output.
Doctors on lookout for Guillain-Barré symptoms in swine flu patients -- Doctors treating swine flu patients have been instructed to monitor the incidence of a rare nerve disease that has been linked to the body’s immune response to flu-like illnesses. Neurologists will study the occurence of Guillain-Barré syndrome, which affects the nervous system and can cause temporary paralysis, during the swine flu pandemic and vaccination programme.
Secretary Shinseki Announces Expansion of Counseling for Combat Veterans -- Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki announced that combat Veterans will receive readjustment counseling and other assistance in 28 additional communities across the country where the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will establish Vet Centers in 2010.
CNN INTERVIEW GOES WRONG WITH MISSOURI TRUCK DEALER -- This Missouri car salesman kept his cool while CNN reporter tries to make him come off looking like a redneck, gun-toting hillbilly.
Man says he sold kidney in U.S. for $20k -- New York recipient says he was near death when Israeli man answered ad. This took place back in 2005 but the article is just now being published. For years, kidneys have been available on a thriving international black market, but evidence of organ trafficking in the United States is harder to find. However, doctors and others in the transplant field have long suspected an illegal organ market exists here.
Monsanto to Charge as Much as 42% More for New Seeds -- Monsanto Co., the world’s largest seed maker, plans to charge as much as 42 percent more for new genetically modified seeds next year than older offerings because they increase farmers’ output.
Doctors on lookout for Guillain-Barré symptoms in swine flu patients -- Doctors treating swine flu patients have been instructed to monitor the incidence of a rare nerve disease that has been linked to the body’s immune response to flu-like illnesses. Neurologists will study the occurence of Guillain-Barré syndrome, which affects the nervous system and can cause temporary paralysis, during the swine flu pandemic and vaccination programme.
Secretary Shinseki Announces Expansion of Counseling for Combat Veterans -- Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki announced that combat Veterans will receive readjustment counseling and other assistance in 28 additional communities across the country where the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will establish Vet Centers in 2010.
CNN INTERVIEW GOES WRONG WITH MISSOURI TRUCK DEALER -- This Missouri car salesman kept his cool while CNN reporter tries to make him come off looking like a redneck, gun-toting hillbilly.
Man says he sold kidney in U.S. for $20k -- New York recipient says he was near death when Israeli man answered ad. This took place back in 2005 but the article is just now being published. For years, kidneys have been available on a thriving international black market, but evidence of organ trafficking in the United States is harder to find. However, doctors and others in the transplant field have long suspected an illegal organ market exists here.
