Day: July 11, 2019
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The drugs don’t work: a global antibiotics crisis…
The World Health Organisation says drug-resistant diseases already kill at least 700,000 people each year. This could be 10m deaths each year by 2050 unless new antibiotics are found. The FT’s Andy Bounds visits the UK government-backed AMR Centre to report on why the world is at risk of falling back into a medical dark…
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Homelessness a ‘humanitarian crisis’… for illegals in LA ?
Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore said he is working to eliminate thousands of homeless people’s old warrants for minor offenses to help get people off the streets. “This is a humanitarian crisis,” … Associated Press news video.
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Ed Hardy ‘in shock’ after seeing new exhibit…
Ed Hardy may be most associated with the flashy, tiger-and-skull emblazoned clothing brand worn by notorious reality TV stars of the early 2000s, but a new exhibition at San Francisco’s de Young Museum sheds light on the man as prolific artist and tattoo pioneer. Associated Press video.
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What the Dept. of Veterans Affairs is doing to expand care and reduce veteran suicides…
The Department of Veterans Affairs recently launched a major expansion aimed to improve veteran health care by opening up access to private doctors. But critics say the program offloads government responsibility to the private sector. Judy Woodruff sits down with the department’s head, Sec. Robert Wilkie, to discuss that issue as well as mental health,…
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Pelosi Chastises Reporter: ‘Maybe You Didn’t Hear What I Said’
Nancy Patricia Pelosi is an American politician serving as speaker of the United States House of Representatives since January 2019. First elected to Congress in 1987, she is the only woman to have served as speaker and is the highest-ranking elected woman in United States history. ( Wikipedia ). Washington Free Beacon video