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Fearing Stigma, Some Hospitals Are Reluctant To Treat Ebola Patients
2014-11-29 22:26:45| Biotech - Topix.net
Since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention started work on building a network of hospitals to provide effective Ebola patient care earlier this year, only a couple dozen American facilities - a tiny fraction of the more than 5,000 hospitals across the country - have volunteered their services. That's because concerns about exorbitant health care costs, unwanted attention, and the fears of other patients loom large among hospital administrators, further complicating the Obama administration's plans to set up one Ebola facility in every state and provide additional support in New York, Chicago, Puerto Rico, and Washington, D.C., as outlined in a $6 billion emergency fund request .
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Fearing Sanctions, French Distillery Boosts Deliveries of Absolut Vodka to Russia
2014-09-05 04:18:43| Beverages - Topix.net
French distillery Pernod Ricard, maker of Absolut vodka and Jameson Irish whiskey, is stepping up exports to Russia to insure itself against possible retaliation by Moscow to Western sanctions over the crisis in Ukraine, the Financial Times reported. "We are importing as much as we can for our [Russian] inventories because an embargo or retaliatory action could happen any time," the company's chief executive, Pierre Pringuet, told the paper earlier this week.
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Severe Drought Has U.S. West Fearing Worst
2014-02-01 18:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The punishing drought that has swept California is now threatening the states drinking water supply. With no sign of rain, 17 rural communities providing water to 40,000 people are in danger of running out within 60 to 120 days. State officials said that the number was likely to rise in the months ahead after the State Water Project, the main municipal water distribution system, announced on Friday that it did not have enough water to supplement the dwindling supplies of local agencies that provide...
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Republicans Block Proposal For National Science Laureate Fearing Science
2013-09-21 01:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
PopSci: Earlier this week, House Republicans quietly blocked a proposal that would institute the position of science laureate of the United States. It was expected to sail by--after all, who could possibly have a problem with an honorary position that costs the taxpayers absolutely nothing, the goal of which is to promote science education? House Republicans, apparently. In the United States, the position of laureate--the only national one of which is the poet laureate--is a largely ceremonial position....
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George Clooney pays stranger's bill in restaurant fearing his party disturbed the man
2013-01-29 20:45:54| IT Services - Topix.net
That George Clooney , what a nice young man he is. United Press International is reporting that a businessman in Berlin, Germany got quite a surprise when he went to pay his $134.66 bill at the Grill Royal restaurant.
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