Category: United States
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White House to Launch TrumpRx Website for Purchasing Medications and Announces Deal with Pfizer
The White House is expected to announce on Tuesday (30) the launch of TrumpRx, a sales portal for medications aimed at the end consumer, according to information published by the Wall Street Journal. The project also includes a partnership with Pfizer, which has committed to reducing the prices of some of its medications in the…
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Lula talks with Trump and requests end of tariff hike on Brazilian products
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and the President of the United States, Donald Trump, had a 30-minute videoconference conversation this Monday (6). On that occasion, Lula requested the withdrawal of the 50% surtax imposed by the U.S. government on Brazilian products. Earlier, Finance Minister Fernando Haddad described the conversation between the two heads of…
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Scientists Create Human Eggs in Lab Using Skin Cells
Scientists have created human eggs containing genes from adult skin cells, a step that one day could help infertile women or gay couples have babies with their own genes, but would also raise difficult ethical, social, and legal questions. “It’s a significant step forward,” says Shoukhrat Mitalipov of Oregon Health & Science University in Portland,…
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Many Services Halted by Federal Government Shutdown
A large part of the federal government is now shut down after Republicans and Democrats in the Senate failed to reach an agreement on government funding. The Republican-controlled House approved a bill earlier this month that would keep the government funded at current levels until November 21. Senate Democrats refused to support that bill in…
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After 10 Years of Black Hole Science, Stephen Hawking Is Proven Correct
On September 14, 2015, physicists achieved the long-awaited goal of detecting gravitational waves, the shock waves expelled by cataclysmic events like the violent merger of two black holes. This major breakthrough quickly earned the Nobel Prize in Physics for three of the leading figures in the effort. In the 10 years since then, scientists have…
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White House to Launch TrumpRx Website for Medication Purchases and Announces Deal with Pfizer
The White House is set to announce on Tuesday (30) the launch of TrumpRx, a sales portal for medications aimed at the end consumer, according to information published by the Wall Street Journal. The project also includes a partnership with Pfizer, which has committed to reducing prices on some of its medicines in the United…
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Schools to Close Monday in Michigan Community Hit by Deadly Church Attack
A Michigan school district announced that its campuses will be closed on Monday following a deadly shooting and fire that left at least four dead and eight injured after a gunman attacked a church service on Sunday. The Grand Blanc Community Schools system said all its campuses will be closed on Monday following the attack…
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Sarcopenic Obesity Increases Risk of Death by 80%
The accumulation of abdominal fat associated with muscle mass loss — a condition known as sarcopenic obesity — increases the risk of death by more than 80 percent compared to people who do not have these two conditions combined. The conclusion comes from a study by the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), in São…
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Shooting at ICE Detention Center in Dallas Kills 1 Detainee and Injures 2 Others
Federal authorities say that a shooting on Wednesday morning at an ICE immigration detention center was a “targeted act of violence” and “an attack” against the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement service. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) stated that a shooter fired “indiscriminately” at the ICE building and at a “van in the sally…
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Shooting at ICE Detention Facility in Dallas Kills 1 Detainee and Injures 2 Others
A shooting on Wednesday morning at an ICE detention facility in Dallas was described as a “targeted act of violence” against the federal agency, leaving one detainee dead and two injured.