WHO suspends Marburg work, appeals for new funds
As of 7 April, 205 cases of Marburg haemorrhagic fever have been reported in Angola. Of these, 180 have died. Zaire Province has reported its first 6 cases, bringing the number of affected provinces to seven, all concentrated in the north-western part of the country. Mobile surveillance teams in Uige were forced to suspend operations yesterday when vehicles were attacked and damaged by loc...Researchers appeal for new regulations to save coral reefs from live fish trade
Researchers are calling for tighter controls on the live reef fish trade, a growing threat to coral reefs, in letters to the international journal Science. <...Simplicity appeals to CIOs, but it's no easy task
"Simplicity in IT is something that will win," said Frank Timons, an analysit with R.W. Baird & Co. He said the I...Wireless networking appeals to cities around Milwaukee
Following a previously reported initiative to establish a citywide wireless network in Milwaukee, the surrounding communities of Waukesha, Wauwatosa and Brookfield are getting into the act. Waukesha and Wauwatosa are already being pitched by Cellnet, the provider that has made a deal with the city of Madison. Milwaukee's network is being built by a different company, Midwest Fiber Networ...Stratagene sets aside $21M to pay Third Wave pending appeal
Third Wave and Stratagene have been battling since late 2004 over which company has the right to commercialize certain molecular diagnostics methods. A j...Shorter name appeals to more online visitors for Madison firm
The former Business Filings Incorporated, an online firm with headquarters in Madison, has shortened its name across the board to BizFilings after finding that the more compact name was already more popular. The company helps form corporations, limited liability companies and non-profits. Customers prefer the shorter name of BizFilings with most of our web traffic entering through bizfil...Stratagene to appeal verdict won by Third Wave
Stratagene on Saturday announced its move in response to the decision rendered last Wednesday in the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin. The jury awarded Third Wave</a...Kalam Appeals to Eradicate Hearing Disability
New Delhi: There are one million Indians with profound hearing disabilities and President A.P.J.Abdul Kalam today made an appeal to country’s medical community and specialists to intensify their drive to reduce the number of hearing disability cases. // President Kalam was addressing the 3rd Cochlear Implant Group of India Conference in Delhi. He said: There are over 1.2 million people w...UNAIDS Chief Appeals for Projects to Battle AIDS/HIV
The UN has made a global appeal for implementation of various projects to combat the dreaded AIDS/HIV. 'There is a crisis over implementation of programs in defeating HIV/AIDS and our response is to mobilize political momentum // globally and to see that the fruits of investment help in checking new infections,' Peter Piot, executive director of UNAIDS, said. 'Out top priority is to...An appeal by an epilepsy doctor in UK against his hospital
Dr Andrew Holton an epilepsy doctor at the Leicester Royal Infirmary in 2001 who wrongly diagnosed hundreds of children and was suspended is challenging a decision ordering him to retrain.// The charges are that Dr Holton gave wrong diagnoses of epilepsy to 618 children in Leicestershire between 1990 and 2001. In January the General Medical Council ruled that his performan...Cancer Patient Loses Embryo Appeal
Natallie Evans, who was left infertile after cancer treatment has lost her appeal to use frozen embryos to have a baby. The European Court of Human Rights rules against Ms Evans, who says that she is determined to have a baby. // "I'm still as determined to do whatever it takes to have a child of my own," she said after the verdict. "Howard may feel it's too late for him to change his mi...Cancer Patient to Appeal to SC, Demanding Right to Use Marijuana
Every time the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled on medical marijuana, concerns have been raised by justices regarding allowing terminally ill patients to use the drug// to improve the symptoms and perhaps even prolong life. A federal appeals court in California would hear arguments in the recent round of legal wrangling over the issue, this week. The so-called right to life theory claims...