Congressional Hearing Scheduled on Legislation to Regulate the Industry Department of the Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke announced agreement to delay for six months, until June 1, 2010, required compliance with the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 (UIGEA). The move blocks regulations to implement the legislation [...]
Lethality of H1N1 Virus Drops to “Non-Epidemic Resting Levels” in Current Cycle – Virus’ Infectivity Remains Increased; New Faster-Developed Synthetic Replikin Vaccines Found Effective, FluForecast(R) Gives Advance Warning of Strain-Specific Outbreaks and Cessation Biotech firm Replikins Ltd., which has analyzed the H1N1 virus’ genomic data from the 1918 pandemic through the prediction, outbreak, and progress [...]
NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has made the first unambiguous detection of high-energy gamma-rays from an enigmatic binary system known as Cygnus X-3. The system pairs a hot, massive star with a compact object — either a neutron star or a black hole — that blasts twin radio-emitting jets of matter into space at more [...]
American Psychological Association Offers Strategies to Manage Stress and Promote Health during Holidays As Black Friday nears and national unemployment levels push into double digits for the first time in decades, the American Psychological Association’s (APA) newest Stress in America survey finds that Americans continue to cite financial concerns as leading sources of stress. Approximately [...]
A new report released today by Bread for the World Institute warns that unless the triple threats of hunger, unemployment, and climate change are addressed, any economic recovery will only lead to another bubble. “To blunt the surge of hunger, unemployment, and the long-term effects of climate change, we need a just and sustainable economic [...]
State stands to gain 18,000 jobs through policies to promote renewable energy Shifting to renewable energy sources, such as wind and bio-energy, would bring significant job growth, economic investment and revenues to Arkansas’ struggling rural communities, according to a new report released by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). These benefits would be enhanced through [...]
ASTMH Symposium Considers Evidence of Effects of Climate Change on Climate-Sensitive Diseases An emerging body of evidence suggests that the changing global climate is already affecting infectious disease transmission patterns. As noted in a symposium at the 58th annual meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH), such changes are expected to [...]
Both Live, Attenuated Influenza Vaccine (LAIV) and Trivalent Inactivated Vaccine (TIV) provide Protection against novel A/H1N1, especially against severe disease Immunization with either live attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV, also known as FluMist®), or trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine (TIV), appears to offer a protection (~ 45%) against the novel A/H1N1 virus, the cause of the present [...]
U.S. Workers Express High Degrees of Optimism, Loyalty to their Companies Despite one of the worst economic environments in American history, U.S. employees report surprisingly high levels of confidence in the overall direction of their companies and their management, according to a new employee confidence survey released today. Conducted by APCO Worldwide in partnership with [...]
International coalition advances marine conservation as part of the solution to climate change A large international coalition today urged the United States to support marine conservation options that will help mitigate climate change. The ‘Blue Climate Coalition,’ comprised of sixty-six conservation groups and interests and over 150 marine scientists and professionals, from 33 countries, issued [...]