Tag: donald-trump
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White House finds temporary fix in Zika funding fight
The White House said on Wednesday it will redirect $589 million in funds to prepare for the Zika virus before the mosquito that carries it begins to emerge in the continental United States, but urged Congress to act quickly on its request for more money. White House budget director Shaun Donovan said the use of…
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Baby boomers often unaware they need hepatitis C screening
By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Many baby boomers may be unaware they need screening for the hepatitis C virus, a small study suggests. In a survey of 81 emergency room patients born during the “baby boom” from 1945 to 1965, only 29 percent of participants knew their risk for the virus was higher than…
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Diet, Deafness and the Drums of War
A commentary just out in JAMA says many reasonable things about diet and health. The author notes that the overall low quality of the prevailing American diet is an anchor on life expectancy itself. Amen to that. No, multicolored marshmallows are NOT part of a (sane) complete breakfast. Really.The commentary begins with, and was apparently…
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Trump’s march stirs growing sense of dread among U.S. Republicans
By James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Republicans in Washington are coming to grips with what many of them not long ago considered an unimaginable reality: Donald Trump is likely to be their presidential nominee and standard-bearer. The prospect of Trump winning the Republican primary had been the stuff of Washington jokes, whispered hallway conversations…
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Trump overshadows Republican debate even as he sits it out
By John Whitesides, Ginger Gibson and Steve Holland DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) – Even in boycotting a debate with his Republican rivals for the White House, front-runner Donald Trump managed to upstage the event on Thursday with a typical dramatic flourish. Trump's gamble that he could leave the battlefield to his rivals for one night…
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Trump overshadows Republican debate even as he sits it out
By John Whitesides, Ginger Gibson and Steve Holland DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) – Even in boycotting a debate with his Republican rivals for the White House, front-runner Donald Trump managed to upstage the event on Thursday with a typical dramatic flourish. Trump's gamble that he could leave the battlefield to his rivals for one night…
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Trump overshadows Republican debate even as he sits it out
By John Whitesides, Ginger Gibson and Steve Holland DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) – Even in boycotting a debate with his Republican rivals for the White House, front-runner Donald Trump managed to upstage the event on Thursday with a typical dramatic flourish. Trump's gamble that he could leave the battlefield to his rivals for one night…
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Brazil’s Rousseff calls for war on Zika-carrying mosquito
Brazil is losing the battle against the mosquito spreading the Zika virus, President Dilma Rousseff said on Friday, calling for a national effort to eradicate the insect. “We do not have a vaccine for Zika yet. The only thing we can do is fight the mosquito,” she told reporters during a visit to a command…