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The problem is epidemic - and it is "unlawful," says the FCC. Here's how to fight back.
2015-09-21 23:45:14| Wireless - Topix.net
NEW YORK - Don't assume it is just a bad cellular signal when you are in a hotel or a convention center and you cannot create a personal hotspot on your phone. Something a lot more sinister may be at work.
Sugarcane conditions kill: The deadly epidemic confectioners and soft ...
2015-08-29 04:24:12| Beverages - Topix.net
'It requires as much energy as running a half marathon everday for six days a week' - Sugarcane cutters of Central America face deadly epidemic, says Solidaridad. Photo credit: Ed Kashi Perilous working conditions for sugarcane growers in Central America have claimed around 20,000 lives in the past decade and supply chain advisor Solidaridad says the food and drink industry can no longer ignore the epidemic.
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Ebola vaccine results 'hugely important' in tackling epidemic
2015-07-31 18:05:13| Biotech - Topix.net
An end to the Ebola epidemic in West Africa may be in sight after results from a fast-tracked vaccine trial were described as "hugely important" and "very exciting" by experts. The experimental vaccine VSV-ZEBOV was found to be 100% effective six days after it was administered to 7,651 people living in Guinea, where the virus has already claimed more than 2,500 lives.
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Epidemic of obesity, overweight linked to increased food energy supply
2015-07-03 21:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Obesity -- a global health problem -- is increasing in many countries in step with increases in the food energy supply, according to a study published in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization today. The study, by authors based in New Zealand and the United States of America (USA), analysed increases in the food energy supply and obesity in 69 countries (24 high-, 27 middle- and 18 low-income) and found that both body weight and food energy supply had increased in 56 (81%) of them between...
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Obesity epidemic drives multimillion-dollar drug deal
2015-05-18 22:06:00| Biotech - Topix.net
The global obesity epidemic has paved the way for local scientists to drive a deal that could be worth hundreds of millions of dollars, and is potentially the richest of its type seen in Australia. Shares in Pharmaxis surged on Monday on news it has signed a deal with a global drugs major to pursue development of a compound developed by local scientists which has barely made it to the test tube.
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