Major initiative proposed to address amphibian crisis
Fifty of the leading amphibian researchers in the world have called for a new Amphibian Survival Alliance, a $400 million initiative to help reduce and prevent amphibian declines and extinctions, an ecological crisis of growing proportion that is continuing to get worse. In a policy statement to be published Friday in the journal Science, the scientists say that 32 percent of all amphibian specie...Senator Kanavas rips proposed telecom tax
Kanavas, who has...Proposed telecom bill would have Katrina impact
I think that is great. Pass HB 1500 in Illinois. Have a statewide franchise. But in excha...Proposed Illinois broadband act falls short
Last week, I was sent an announcement of pending Illinois broadband legislation (20 ILCS 3921/10), which was announced on Jan. 25. Here's its synopsis: Creates the Universal Access to Broadband Services Act. Requires the Department of Central Management Services (CMS) to create and maintain a map of broadband infrastructure in the state. Sets forth that all publicly held broadband...Addition Of Folic Acid In Flour Proposed To Arrest Birth Defects In The UK
The Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition in the UK has said that many babies could be spared the trauma of being born with birth defects if folic acid were to be incorporated in flour. //Folic acid plays a vital role in reducing commonly found neural tube defects like the spina bifida. The Committee also maintained that medical termination of pregnancy could be avoided if this simple precau...Valentine's Day Attraction: Sale Of Condoms In School Proposed
The exciting Valentine’s Day proposal to sell condoms in school through installation of condom vending machines has been suggested by the third largest political party in Australia.// Kate Reynolds, who represents the Democrats in South Australia's state parliament, said the issue was health, not morals. "The facts are simple - high school teenagers are having sex," Reynol...Uproar against the Government’s Proposed Quot
In the capital of India medical students are striking against the government proposed quota system. This has taken a new step when the students said that they are going// to conduct a huge demonstration on Tuesday. They were persuading school and college students to participate in the demonstration against the government’s proposed move to increase the Other Backward Classes (OBC) quota...AIDS Sufferers Protest against Proposed Patent for Tenofovir
About 150 people which included some AIDS sufferers, held protests today against the proposed move of US biotech company to patent its anti-HIV drug, Tenofovir, in India. // The demonstrators alleged that this move could halt the local production of the generic equivalent. The company, Gilead Sciences Inc., has applied for an Indian patent on the drug tenofovir. The drug has been avai...Medical Students Protest Proposed Tabling of Reservation Bill
Students of B J Medical College today organised a public gathering here under the banner of 'Youth For Equality' to protest against the tabling of the reservation bill in the monsoon session of Parliament beginning tomorrow.// The protest was part of a nationwide programme, Youth For Equality said in a release adding that protest gatherings were held in 18 states. "The mess...