Tag: weekend
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Try these five tricks to burn 300 calories at the office
Many people find it difficult to fit the recommended daily 30 minutes or more of walking into weekday routines. It can be hard get out for a walk before work and not everyone has time to get active in the evening. So why not use time spent at the office to get moving, squeezing bursts…
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Pot-in-schools debate returns to Colorado
DENVER (AP) — A new Colorado law allowing medical marijuana use at public schools is getting a second look Monday in a House committee.
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Fed’l watchdog to interview Flint residents on water crisis
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal investigators are heading to Flint, Michigan, this weekend to interview residents who complained early on to the federal government about problems with the city’s water supply.
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Fed’l watchdog to interview Flint residents on water crisis
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal investigators are heading to Flint, Michigan, this weekend to interview residents who complained early on to the federal government about problems with the city’s water supply.
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Antibiotic combination marketed by Abbott in India on list of banned drugs
By Zeba Siddiqui and Aditya Kalra MUMBAI (Reuters) – A powerful antibiotic combination that is marketed in India by U.S. pharmaceutical giant Abbott Laboratories is among 344 drug combinations that have been banned by the Indian health authorities. A Reuters investigation revealed in December that a unit of Abbott in India was selling a combination…
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Antibiotic combination marketed by Abbott in India on list of banned drugs
By Zeba Siddiqui and Aditya Kalra MUMBAI (Reuters) – A powerful antibiotic combination that is marketed in India by U.S. pharmaceutical giant Abbott Laboratories is among 344 drug combinations that have been banned by the Indian health authorities. A Reuters investigation revealed in December that a unit of Abbott in India was selling a combination…
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Greece steps up efforts to move migrants to sheltered camps
By Lefteris Karagiannopoulos and Phoebe Fronista ATHENS/IDOMENI (Reuters) – Greece increased efforts on Saturday to move thousands of migrants near the border with Macedonia to sheltered camps, as the spread of infection became a concern with one person in a sprawling tent city diagnosed with Hepatitis A. Stranded in filthy conditions near the northern border…
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Beaten and discarded, Congo street children are strangers to mining boom
By Aaron Ross KINSHASA (Reuters) – Kevin Lusongo has been on the streets since he was 11. He sleeps on a piece of cardboard in an unlit parking lot in a poor neighborhood of Kinshasa, behind trucks he hopes can shield him from view. Some nights he's unlucky. Recently police came looking for a stolen…
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Mosquitoes’ rapid spread poses threat beyond Zika
By Ben Hirschler LONDON (Reuters) – As the world focuses on Zika's rapid advance in the Americas, experts warn the virus that originated in Africa is just one of a growing number of continent-jumping diseases carried by mosquitoes threatening swathes of humanity. Today, mosquito invaders are turning up with increasing regularity from Washington DC to…
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Soccer-Swansea boss Guidolin still in hospital
Swansea City manager Francesco Guidolin is still in hospital recovering from a chest infection and will miss his second Premier League match in a row when the Welsh club host Norwich City on Saturday. “He is expected to remain in hospital over the weekend before his release.” Italian Guidolin, who took charge in January, was…