United Nations top official goes to Haiti to promote cholera elimination, elections
By Jacqueline Charles From Miami Herald While not offering an apology or admission, the head of the United Nations says the global body bears “a moral responsibility” in helping Haiti tackle what experts say is the world’s worst cholera epidemic….
Investigation finds multiple ‘serious’ incidents occurred at government labs storing deadly diseases
By Hunter Walker From Business Insider On Friday [11], the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released the results of an investigation conducted after “potentially viable anthrax” was accidentally released at one of the agencies facilities in Atlanta, Georgia last…
The Obama administration releases 2014 National Drug Policy Strategy
On July 9, Michael P. Botticelli, Acting Director of National Drug Control Policy, released the 2014 National Drug Control Strategy, the Obama Administration’s primary blueprint for drug policy in the United States. The science-based plan for reform contains a series…
2 cases Chikungunya now confirmed in Cayman
From the Cayman Islands Public Health Department Chikungunya update as of July 11th 2014 • Total number of cases investigated / under investigation for chikungunya is four (including the first confirmed case). • Two are residents of George Town and…
Caribbean nations fighting spread of chikungunya virus; 21 deaths so far
From NNN NASSAU (Bahamas), July 10 (NNN-CARIBBEANNEWS) — Twenty-one deaths were reported so far following the rapid spread of the mosquito-transmitted chikungunya virus in the Caribbean region, according to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). The Aedes aegypti mosquito spreads…
‘Remote control’ contraceptive chip available ‘by 2018’
By Dave Lee Technology reporter, BBC News A contraceptive computer chip that can be controlled by remote control has been developed in Massachusetts. The chip is implanted under a woman’s skin, releasing a small dose of levonorgestrel, a hormone. This…
High expectations at Seattle’s first legal marijuana store
By Alex Lessard-Pilon From New York Mag It’s a hot, cloudless day on an industrial strip in Seattle’s SoDo district, and hundreds of people are waiting patiently to buy marijuana. They are lined up along barricades that lead to the…
A Survivor’s Dream Come True
By Bethany Rundell, From Baptist Health South Florida A diagnosis of ovarian cancer is scary. But when you’re 25 years old, engaged to be married and had hoped to have children, it can be downright devastating. That’s the reality that…
World cup football, salad munchers and law
By Jonathan Ames The Lawyer From Briefings Digest 6th July 2014 The quality of football at the 2014 World Cup has been so high as to overcome less positive issues around the competition. Concerns around the impact of stadium building…
Victoria couple on ‘disaster’ norovirus cruise demand refund
From CBC News Couple’s only memories of $7,300 holiday are of being sick alongside hundreds of other passengers A couple from Victoria are demanding a full refund after enduring what they say was a nightmare cruise ship vacation. Wally and…
