Tag: national
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Drinking, drug use largely down among U.S. teens in 2016
“Clearly our public health prevention efforts, as well as policy changes to reduce availability, are working to reduce teen drug use, especially among eighth graders,” Dr. Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, said in a statement accompanying the study results. “However, when 6 percent of high school seniors are using marijuana…
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Surprising monkey study could lead to ‘functional’ HIV cure
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) – Dr. Anthony Fauci doesn't get too excited about the results of animal studies, and he doesn't make house calls. Fauci hopped on a plane to Cambridge, Mass., to personally tell Japan's Takeda Pharmaceutical Co's U.S. representatives that their drug may offer a dramatic advance in the fight against AIDS.…
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China could further ease childbirth curbs: government think-tank
BEIJING (Reuters) – China might further relax, or even scrap, restrictions on childbirth to avoid a “low birthrate trap”, an influential government think-tank has said, as the country debates how to avert a demographic timebomb. China’s birth rate, one of the world’s lowest, is fast becoming a worry for authorities, rather than the achievement it…
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Carmat shares slump after French drugs agency suspends its heart implants
Shares in artificial heart maker Carmat slumped on Thursday after France’s national drugs agency ordered it to suspend further implants following the death of a patient in October. Carmat shares were down by 18.5 percent at 27.50 euros in morning trading, with around 40 million euros ($42.5 million) wiped off its stock market value. Carmat…
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China plans skiing, skating drive for 2022 Winter Games
China wants to get 300 million citizens involved in winter sports by the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and plans to encourage them by building more than 500 ice skating rinks and 240 ski slopes over the next six years, the government said. The country's top economic planner said on Friday that the number and scale…
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Olympics-China plans skiing, skating drive for 2022 Winter Games
China wants to get 300 million citizens involved in winter sports by the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and plans to encourage them by building more than 500 ice skating rinks and 240 ski slopes over the next six years, the government said. The country’s top economic planner said on Friday that the number and scale…
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Olympics-China plans skiing, skating drive for 2022 Winter Games
China wants to get 300 million citizens involved in winter sports by the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and plans to encourage them by building more than 500 ice skating rinks and 240 ski slopes over the next six years, the government said. The country’s top economic planner said on Friday that the number and scale…
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NHL-Highlights of Monday’s NHL games
Highlights of Sunday’s National Hockey League games: Oilers 5, Blackhawks 0 After years of being tormented by their longtime nemesis from Chicago, the Edmonton Oilers gained a measure of revenge on Monday night with a 5-0 victory over the Blackhawks at Rogers Place Arena. Cam Talbot made 31 saves for the shutout as Edmonton beat…
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NHL-Highlights of Monday’s NHL games
Highlights of Sunday’s National Hockey League games: Oilers 5, Blackhawks 0 After years of being tormented by their longtime nemesis from Chicago, the Edmonton Oilers gained a measure of revenge on Monday night with a 5-0 victory over the Blackhawks at Rogers Place Arena. Cam Talbot made 31 saves for the shutout as Edmonton beat…
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Mexico, Central America seek joint strategy on migrants as Trump looms
By Sofia Menchu GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – The foreign ministers of Mexico, El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala met on Monday to form a strategy to protect their migrants in the United States, in a show of regional solidarity following Donald Trump's win in the U.S. presidential election. Trump's election upset has sent shockwaves through Mexico…