But on Friday, during a brief conversation with conservative newspaper Washington Times , Stone admitted to exchanging complimentary direct messages – i.e. palling around with Guccifer 2.0. “It was so perfunctory, brief and banal I had forgotten it”, the political consultant told The Times on Friday with respect to a private Twitter exchange he had with “Guccifer 2.0”, a pseudonymous entity explicitly tied to the DNC hack. Stone told The Times in an email Thursday evening.
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BRIEF-Lifespot Health says Bodytel GMBH and Beurer GMBH have signed an agreement
WASHINGTON, March 7 President Donald Trump will nominate Washington lawyer Noel Francisco to be solicitor general, the government’s top advocate before the U.S. Supreme Court, the White House said on Tuesday.
Correcting and Replacing Biocad: The first ever biosimilar of interferon beta-1a approved in Russia
The Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation has awarded Biocad marketing authorization for its interferon beta-1a biosimilar, a knockoff of Merck’s RebifA that is a key component in treatment of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis and included in all international recommendations and protocols. BIOCAD started the development program for interferon beta-1a biosimilar in 2012 and it took almost 5 years to run all the development phases, including pre-clinical/clinical studies and registration.
South China’s Guangxi reports two more H7N9 cases
Two more human cases of H7N9 bird flu were reported in south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on Monday, bringing the total number of infections to eight in the region this year. The two patients, from the cities of Baise and Wuzhou, are in critical condition, said a statement issued by the regional health and family planning commission.
China reports four more bird flu deaths, says spread of virus is slowing
… of the virus should continue to slow as China takes measures such as the closing of live poultry markets. The World Health Organization said on Wednesday the risk of sustained human-to-human transmission of H7N9 bird flu in China was low, but that a …
The Latest: Malaysia says no evidence against N. Korean man
… granted to foreign fishermen says the bill is in danger of dying. One of President Trump’s core ideas for reducing health insurance costs is allowing insurers to sell their policies in any state. One of President Trump’s core ideas for reducing …
Trump’s likely envoy to Canada: Political donor, philanthropist from coal family
A big-money political donor and philanthropist with personal ties to the coal industry and professional connections to the White House and the U.S. Senate is expected to be named Donald Trump’s ambassador to Canada. Expectations within government, as well as recent media speculation, point to the Trump administration submitting Kelly Knight Craft’s name for the approval of the Senate.
Nepal banishes old vehicles from Kathmandu streets to fight smog
Nepal has forced 2,500 old vehicles off roads in its capital city of Kathmandu, part of a fight against alarming air pollution levels that have hit nine times World Health Organisation limits. Air pollution has been a chronic problem in rapidly growing Kathmandu, which sits in a Himalayan valley and is home to more than three million people.
Why US flags at pro-Park rallies?
Since the parliament voted to impeach President Park Geun-hye in early December, Park’s staunch supporters have relentlessly taken to the streets with Korean flags in their hands to oppose her removal from office. While the Korean flag has become a symbol of their movement to defend the president, a seemingly unrelated flag has also been carried by many of the — mostly elderly — participants at the rallies: the US flag.
Kim’s secret weapon: North Korea sells fake viagra to Brits to fund…
The pills sell online for as little as 2 each and have been bought in more than 100 countries, raking in 500million a year for the evil regime. Intelligence sources said that North Korea is making a range of conterfeit drugs, DVDs and banknotes to help fund its nuclear weapons programme.
Scientists debate underlying cause of bird flu
The answer to whether industrial-scale poultry farming is responsible for bird flu differs depending on who you ask – a virologist or a geographer. In a book published last month, Stephen Hinchliffe, a professor of human geography at the University of Exeter in Britain, argues that mass livestock production is driving molecular changes in diseases that could lead to human pandemics.
Latest breakthroughs in natural cures
… cures and remedies to diseases once thought to be incurable. Dr. Sears takes a fresh, novel approach to patient health and wellness. Our environment and food supply has changed for the worse and this is affecting our health. He helps patients return …
Two more H7N9 human infections reported in China
The 60-year-old died on Thursday, according to a Friday statement by the regional health and family planning commission. A pneumonia patient, 51, tested positive for the virus on Wednesday after exposure to live poultry, and is being treated in hospital.
SW China province reports two H7N9 cases
Two human H7N9 avian flu cases were reported Tuesday in southwest China’s Sichuan Province, bringing the number of infections in the province this year to eight, including two fatalities. Both patients had contact with live poultry and no symptoms have been observed among those in close contact with them, according to the provincial health and family planning commission.
China’s H7N9 bird flu mutates, no immediate added threat to human
… for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC) has lately confirmed the finding and reported the case to the World Health Organization (WHO), according to China CDC’s website. On the basis of joint study with experts from the agricultural sector, …
China Exclusive: Chinese affordable lung cancer drug hits market
The new gefitinib cancer-treating drug, whose Chinese commercial name is Yiruike, was produced by Qilu Pharmaceutical . Its release ends an almost decade-long monopoly by Iressa, developed by British multinational biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca and introduced to China in 2005.
Two Indians die every minute due to air pollution: Study
… to be tackled together. The Lancet concludes that climate change posed both a “potentially catastrophic risk to human health”, while conversely being “the greatest global health opportunity of the 21st century” if the right steps are taken. The smog …
Factors associated with stigma attitude towards people living with…
The effect of HIV-related stigma on HIV prevention and treatment is particularly serious in China. This study was to examine stigma attitude towards people living with HIV/AIDS among general individuals in Heilongjiang Province, Northeast China and the factors associated with stigma attitude, including socio-demographic factors and HIV/AIDS Knowledge.
Minitrue: Do Not Repost News on Zhejiang HIV Infections
… Staff Violates Rules” is prohibited. (February 8, 2017) [ Chinese ] The statement [from the Zhejiang provincial health authority] said a serious medical incident had occurred at the Zhejiang Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine in …
More culling in Japan after bird flu strain detected
Tokyo, Feb 5 – Authorities in Japan’s Saga province have begun culling more chickens after detecting a highly pathogenic strain of bird flu in dead birds at a farm, the media reported on Sunday. The culling began late Saturday, after the presence of a subtype of the H5 virus was detected at a farm in Kohoku locality.
Japan OKs retinal cell transplant using others’ iPS cells
Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare on Wednesday approved transplant of retinal cells to treat patients using induced pluripotent stem cells derived from another person. According to Japan’s public broadcaster NHK, the the application was filed in October last year by Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, the government-backed Riken institute in Kobe, Kyoto University and Osaka University.
Spotlight: Canadian-Chinese study says Alzheimer’s disease can begin in womb
… any effect on the later stages of Alzheimer’s development. That’s where we started,” he said. “According to a World Health Organization survey, there are almost 200 million pre-school children who have vitamin deficiency and about 20 million …
Dust threatens public health
… from the government on the steps taken to remove dust, smoke and other deadly elements causing damage to public health in four city corporations — DSCC, DNCC, Gazipur and Narayanganj. Contacted, DSCC Chief Executive Officer Khan Mohammad Bilal said …
Dr. Agravat Same Day Dental Implants Clinic in Ahmedabad India…
Leading professional Cosmetic dentist and implantologist of India, Dr. Bharat Agravat celebrated 18 years of implant dentistry at the Same Day Dental Implants Clinic Ahmedabad, India. To commemorate the milestone, Dr. Agravat launched the new logo for the Dental Implants clinic that symbolizes what the doctor and his clinic stand for: protecting, preserving and trasforming smiles.
Dr. Agravat Same Day Dental Implants Clinic in Ahmedabad India…
Leading professional Cosmetic dentist and implantologist of India, Dr. Bharat Agravat celebrated 18 years of implant dentistry at the Same Day Dental Implants Clinic Ahmedabad, India. To commemorate the milestone, Dr. Agravat launched the new logo for the Dental Implants clinic that symbolizes what the doctor and his clinic stand for: protecting, preserving and trasforming smiles.
China plays bigger role in global health landscape
File photo taken on March 10, 2008 shows details of an ancient bronze figure which was used for acupuncture teaching and research, collected by China’s Tongrentang, a pharmaceutical giant with a history of more than 300 years, in Beijing, capital of China. Chinese President Xi Jinping presented a bronze acupuncture statue on Jan. 18, 2017 to the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland, which shows acupuncture points on the human body.
China plays bigger role in global health landscape
File photo taken on March 10, 2008 shows details of an ancient bronze figure which was used for acupuncture teaching and research, collected by China’s Tongrentang, a pharmaceutical giant with a history of more than 300 years, in Beijing, capital of China. Chinese President Xi Jinping presented a bronze acupuncture statue on Jan. 18, 2017 to the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland, which shows acupuncture points on the human body.
2 cases of bird flu found in Bangladesh
Bangladesh discovered two outbreaks of the highly contagious H5N1 bird flu virus in poultry last week, according to reports from the World Organisation for Animal Health and a senior Bangladeshi health ministry official on Monday. A first case was found at a poultry farm in Dhamrai, just outside the capital, Dhaka.
Human infection with avian influenza A(H7N9) virus – China
On 5 January 2017, the Department of Health, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region notified WHO of a case of laboratory-confirmed human infection with avian influenza A virus and on 9 January 2017, the National Health and Family Planning Commission of China notified WHO of 106 additional laboratory-confirmed cases of human infection with avian influenza A virus. On 5 January 2017, a human case of infection with avian influenza A was reported from the Department of Health, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region .
PHOTOS: ‘Forgotten victims of war’ to be highlighted in Hampshire photography exhibition
Internally displaced Afghans are living in “stone age conditions,” uprooted from their homes and villages after years of civil war and escape from Taliban fighting. The ex-Stroud School pupil who grew up on Northlands Road, Southampton, will be showing a selection of his work from the last eight years at city centre coffee shop Mettricks Guildhall.
Roast-duck vendor dies from H7N9 bird flu in central China
A 36-year-old man has died after contracting H7N9 bird flu, according to health authorities in central China’s Henan province on Saturday. The man, identified only by the family name Zhang, died on Jan. 11, Henan provincial health and family planning commission said in a statement.
Roast-duck vendor dies from H7N9 bird flu in central China
A 36-year-old man has died after contracting H7N9 bird flu, according to health authorities in central China’s Henan province on Saturday. The man, identified only by the family name Zhang, died on Jan. 11, Henan provincial health and family planning commission said in a statement.
Roast-duck vendor dies from H7N9 bird flu in central China
A 36-year-old man died after contracting H7N9 bird flu, said health authorities in central China’s Henan province, on Saturday. The man, identified as Zhang, died on Jan. 11, the Henan provincial health and family planning commission said in a statement.
‘Tree man’ of Bangladesh has hands back after groundbreaking surgeries
The “tree man” is no longer. Thanks to some groundbreaking surgeries, he can go back to being Abul Bajandar, a 27-year-old father and husband from a small town in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh’s ‘Tree man’ has his hands back
The Tree Man is no longer. Thanks to some groundbreaking surgeries, he can go back to being Abul Bajandar, a 27-year-old father and husband from a small town in Bangladesh.
UPDATE 1-S.Korea egg import subsidies criticized as insufficient, late
SEOUL, Jan 6 South Korean egg importers on Friday criticised the government’s plans to subsidise the cost of fresh egg imports to alleviate a shortage caused by the country’s worst-ever bird flu outbreak as insufficient and too late to meet upcoming holiday demand. South Korea will spend 900 million won to support shipment costs for eggs imported by air and ship through the end of February, the agriculture ministry said in a statement on Friday.
US Scrambles to Clear Egg Exports to Bird Flu-hit South Korea
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Could New Year address be Akihito’s last as Japan’s emperor?
Speculation about Akihito’s future emerged last year with reports he had told confidantes that he would like to step down Japan’s Emperor Akihito delivered his traditional New Year address Monday with tens of thousands of people flocking to the Imperial Palace for what could be his last such appearance after he expressed his desire to abdicate. It was his first New Year message since he announced in August that his advancing age and weakening health mean he may no longer be able to carry out his duties, setting the stage for Japan to prepare for an historic abdication.
US scrambles to clear egg exports to bird flu-hit South Korea
In 2015, the eggs imported from Europe after the bird flu ravaged domestic chicken flocks has made the US food companies to record the current highs. United States officials are urgently seeking an agreement with South Korea that would allow imports of American eggs so farmers can cash in on a shortage caused by the Asian country’s worst-ever outbreak of bird flu.
China confirms second human bird flu infection this week
Workers wearing protective suits cull ducks after some tested positive for H5 bird flu at a poultry farm in Aomori, northern Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo on Nov 29, 2016. – Reuters BEIJING: Chinese authorities have confirmed a second case of human bird flu infection this week, state media reported late on Wednesday, as South Korea and Japan battle to control outbreaks of the deadly virus.