Stimulating private investment in infrastructure projects, as President-elect Donald Trump has proposed, can cover only a fraction of the costs of solving America’s transportation problems, Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx warned as he prepares to leave office. Financing schemes called public-private partnerships, which involve both government dollars and private capital, are useful and can address about to 10 percent to 20 percent of America’s transportation “deficit,” Fox said in an interview this week with The Associated Press.
Day: January 17, 2017
AnaptysBio Sets Estimated IPO Pricing Range
San Diego-based AnaptysBio , which develops antibodies for treating inflammation, has set its estimated IPO pricing range, saying on Tuesday that it expects to price its IPO at between $14.00 and $16.00 per share. The company is selling 4,000,000 shares of its common stock on the NASDAQ Global Select Market as ANAB.
NHS managers ban access to branded medicines for some patients
… find them hard to accept, but the money saved can be spent on things that have much more of an impact on people’s health.” Steve Ollerton, GP and chairman of NHS Greater Huddersfield CCG, said: “The NHS budget is just the same as everyone’s …
Tax Advocate: Use tax breaks you’re entitled to
… Revenue code to you, yourself,” she said. “If you’re an employee, you might be benefiting from employer-provided health insurance or tax-deferred retirement savings,” she said. “If you own a home, you may be benefiting from the deduction of mortgage …
Baker budget could include employer penalty for uninsured workers
Companies that do not offer their employees health insurance would pay a $2,000 annual assessment per full-time worker to the state under a plan Gov. Charlie Baker plans to offer later this month to blunt the impact of escalating, enrollment-driven costs in the state’s Medicaid program, the State House News Service has learned.
Donald Trump tweets at wrong Ivanka — and she hits back
President-elect Donald Trump tweeted at the wrong Ivanka on Monday night, and the British woman on the receiving end of his praise has hit back. Trump had quoted a tweet praising his daughter Ivanka, but the account mentioned in the tweet belongs to Ivanka Majic, a digital consultant from the British seaside town of Brighton.
After Eight Years Of Drowning In Obama’s Regulations, America Can Come Up For Air
… as protecting Americans from harm. Some reasonable protections do. However, looking at the latest economic and even health figures, it’s clear the dramatic expansion of Washington’s bureaucratic power during the Obama years has created more problems …
Weepies kind of live up to the band’s name
Steve Tannen and Deb Talan couldn’t see the future when they almost accidentally formed the folk-pop duo the Weepies in the early 2000s. Since then, the road has been a rewarding and at times rough one.
Uma Thurman back in court to fight ex in custody case
EXCLUSIVE PICTURES: Determined Uma Thurman heads back to court to fight accusations by her ex she is mentally ill and mixing alcohol and drugs in their nasty custody battle Uma Thurman was accused of having a serious mental illness and mixing her medication with alcohol during her custody trial last Friday Luna was conceived at the same time Thurman was fighting Busson to keep a million dollar ring, Busson’s lawyer said in court on Friday A psychologist said at the start of the trial that the former couple had a toxic relationship and should not be together around their daughter Later, Busson’s attorney criticized the $25,000-a-year private nursery school that Thurman sent Luna too, calling the children ‘disheveled and dirty’ Busson, 53, was also revealed to have left his daughter on two occasions when she came to visit him, once having his ex Elle MacPherson watch the child The pair had … (more)
Alabama ranks high in study of the cost of smoking
If you vowed to make 2017 the year you kicked the smoking habit, here is more incentive. Alabamians pay most than just about every state in the nation when it comes to smoking.
Common Heart Drug Repurposed to Treat Rare Cancer in Europe
… blood pressure, is being repurposed to treat soft tissue sarcomas. Credit: Tommie Morelos / Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso. Click here for high-resolution version Brad Bryan, Ph.D., a biomedical scientist at Texas Tech …
Would you stick needles in your baby to stop it crying?
… two types of acupuncture with standard care alone in 147 babies with colic, aged two to eight weeks, at four child health centres in Sweden. They had all been on a cow’s milk exclusion diet for at least five days in a bid to curb excess crying or …
Suffolk-based foundantion supports charity
A global online auction and grand secret garden ball has seen a Suffolk-based charity present more than 57,000 to Sarcoma UK. The GeeWizz charitable foundation, led by Gina Long MBE, organised the two-week ultimate charity auction and secret garden ball last October in support of national and local charities.
Students returned home after water line rupture at Longview’s Foster Middle School
Foster Middle students will be off another day Tuesday, as a water line rupture has forced the cancellation of classes for the day.
Baker plans $2,000 employer assessment to address health costs
Companies that do not offer their employees health insurance would pay a $2,000 annual assessment per full-time worker to the state under a plan Gov. Charlie Baker plans to offer later this month to blunt the impact of escalating, enrollment-driven costs in the state’s Medicaid program, the State House News Service has learned. The proposal — the bulk of which is expected to be filed within the governor’s budget due on Jan 25 — would also impose growth caps on the rates health providers can charge for medical services in an effort to control the cost of care in the commercial market and make it more affordable for employers.
A third of year six children are overweight
… average figure of 62 per cent for England. An annual report by Dr Andrew Furber, the district’s director of public health, said rising obesity levels could cost the UK health service an extra 45.5bn a year by 2050. It said: “Being overweight can …
British American Tobacco agrees on takeover of Reynolds
British American Tobacco Plc has agreed to fully take over Reynolds American Inc. on terms that are improved from an initial bid made last year. The takeover would create the world’s largest publicly traded tobacco company and combine BAT’s presence in developing countries, where anti-smoking campaigns are not as strong as in the U.S. and Europe, with Reynolds’ almost exclusive focus on the U.S. BAT said Tuesday it will buy the 57.8 percent of Reynolds it does not already own.
Oral vitamin spray or topical magnesium spray can help beat the blues, says TV chef Tonia Buxton
Boost your mood and energy levels this Blue Monday by spraying your way to good health, says TV chef Tonia Buxton. Dubbed the most depressing day of the year, Blue Monday is a culmination of miserable weather, lack of funds and feeling sluggish after Christmas.
Study reveals effects of heavy smoking on lower jaw dental implants
Smoking causes a range of negative effects, particularly in the smoker’s mouth. The effects that smoking has on dental implants, however, is unclear.
Schizophrenia US Therapeutic and Drug Pipeline Review H2
PUNE, INDIA, January 17, 2017 / EINPresswire.com / — GET SAMPLE REPORT @ Summary Schizophrenia is a heterogeneous behavioral and cognitive syndrome involving chronic or recurrent psychosis. The disorder is characterized by several symptom domains including positive symptoms , negative symptoms , and cognitive deficits .
BAT agrees to buy Reynolds for $49 billion
British American Tobacco has agreed a $49.4 billion takeover of U.S. rival Reynolds American Inc , creating the world’s biggest listed tobacco company after it increased an earlier offer by more than $2 billion. BAT, which already owned 42 percent of Reynolds, will pay $29.44 in cash and 0.5260 BAT shares for each Reynolds share, it said, a 26 percent premium over the price of the stock on Oct. 20, the day before BAT’s first offer was made public.
Drugs For Rare Diseases Have Become Uncommonly Rich Monopolies
More than 30 years ago, Congress overwhelmingly passed a landmark health bill aimed at motivating pharmaceutical companies to develop new drugs for people whose rare diseases had been ignored. But lucrative financial incentives created by the Orphan Drug Act signed into law by President Reagan in 1983 succeeded far beyond anyone’s expectations.
Town defender undergoes second operation
Sendles-White took to Twitter yesterday to give an update on his recovery after his season was curtailed against Bury back in September. The central defender has been seen in a leg brace since rupturing his anterior cruciate ligament and damaging other parts of his left knee and yesterday posted a picture of him back in hospital to undergo a second operation.
Hypnotherapist who helped Adele stop smoking releases app
… the app encourages smokers to give up their bad habit by changing the way they think To improve your overall health and get a better night’s sleep, keep focused on the benefits of not smoking. After losing her voice completely in 2011, canceling …
RondinX Debuts to Accelerate Drug Development with a Breakthrough Microbiome Computational Platform
RondinX’ Microbiome Platform Builds on an Exclusive License from the Weizmann Institute of Science and Research Collaborations with the Elinav and Segal Labs )–RondinX, an emerging pioneer in intelligent microbiome drug development, today unveiled a novel approach to discovering how changes in the human microbiome affect health and disease. RondinX’ cloud-based technology platform adds a new dimension to the microbiome drug development process by profiling and predicting microbial growth dynamics from single metagenomic samples.
Praying for You, Right Now
Social media is used today for every purpose . Too many of the “news” stories have been slanted so far as to become fake, by any reasonable standard.
Rob Brindley follows his dream after forming new Endon based physiotherapy clinic
A physiotherapist has followed his dream after setting-up his own specialist clinic in the village he grew up in. Rob, a former head boy at Endon High School, qualified at Keele University with a BSc Physiotherapy degree in 2001, before becoming a Junior Physiotherapist at what is now the Royal Stoke University Hospital.
Comedy show Jan. 19 benefits New Orleans Abortion Fund
As a presidential administration widely feared to be hostile to reproductive rights takes office, women’s health care observers make note of a significant date: Jan. 22, the 44th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision that guaranteed the constitutional right to abortion services.
Could acupuncture stop your baby crying?
… two types of acupuncture with standard care alone in 147 babies with colic, aged two to eight weeks, at four child health centres in Sweden. They had all been on a cow’s milk exclusion diet for at least five days in a bid to curb excess crying or …
Excessive crying
The crying of babies with colic may be reduced if they are treated with acupuncture, according to controversial research from Sweden. But UK experts say no conclusions can be drawn from the small study of 147 babies aged two to eight weeks.
ObsEva Expands Leadership Team and Board of Directors with Industry Veterans
ObsEva SA , a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of novel therapeutics for serious conditions that impact a woman’s reproductive health and pregnancy, announced today the appointment of a new Chief Financial Officer, Timothy M. Adams. Mr. Adams is located in Boston, Massachusetts, where the Company is currently hiring finance, IR and clinical operation people to support ObsEva’s clinical-stage programs in uterine fibroids, endometriosis, Assisted Reproductive Technology and preterm labor.
Fulfilling the Promise of Obamacare Repealby Chris JacobsTwo months…
wo months ago, the American people gave lawmakers a clear mandate: Save our nation’s health-care system from the harmful effects of Obamacare. They’re sick of exorbitant premium increases . They’re frustrated with insurer drop-outs and narrow …
BAT agrees to buy Reynolds for US$49 billion
British American Tobacco has agreed a US$49.4 billion takeover of U.S. rival Reynolds American Inc , creating the world’s biggest listed tobacco company after it increased an earlier offer by more than US$2 billion. FILE PHOTO – Pall Mall cigarettes are seen after the manufacturing process in the British American Tobacco Cigarette Factory in Bayreuth, southern Germany, April 30, 2014.
Bird flu found in 6,000 turkeys at East Lindsey farm close to first outbreak
Bird flu has been confirmed at a farm in Lincolnshire four weeks after it was found at a nearby unit. About 6,000 turkeys have been diagnosed with the H5N8 strain of avian flu, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said.
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 .
This week in music: 1974 The Joker
For the 3rd week of January in 1974 The Hot 100 had former Beatle Ringo Starr at number five with You’re Sixteen. The song was a remake of a 1960 hit by Johnny Burnette who took it all the way to number 3. Ringo did a little better taking it all the way to the top of the charts.
New Year, New You? Avoid These Common Pitfalls. 27 minutes ago
Each new year brings with it such promise and hope for a new start, the opportunity to kick all those bad habits to the curb and begin anew. Reborn like the Baby New Year, we can start fresh with a clean slate and it’ s only uphill from here.
Seoul moving swiftly to ease anti-bribery law
The South Korean government has officially begun discussions to revise the sweeping anti-corruption law less than four months after it was implemented, amid much controversy and public confusion. Officials from several related government bodies, including the Anti-Corruption & Civil Rights Commission, held an inaugural meeting on Tuesday to come up with a revised draft for the Improper Solicitation and Graft Act.
Two patients with flesh-eating bacteria necrotising fasciitis in Blacktown Hospital
… n in the conversation and comment, plus select which news your want direct to your inbox. “There is no risk to public health and the community should not be alarmed,” a spokesperson for Blacktown Hospital said on Tuesday.
Vicki (Spielmann) Hunter
… floor, in the operating room, in the clinic as a primary nurse. She also worked in an Urgent Care setting, Home Health and finally settled again into the clinic at St. Croix Regional Medical Center as a triage nurse. Vicki’s family and friends were …