Archive: 29/08/2014

HIV case spurs call for porn production moratorium

The California advocacy group for the adult film industry has called for an industrywide production moratorium after a performer tested positive for HIV.

Aug 29, 2014

More than 20 companies bid to supply legal pot in Uruguay

A total of 22 companies have submitted bids to supply marijuana under a law making Uruguay the first country to legalize production, sale and distribution of the drug, the government said Thursday.

Aug 29, 2014

Pollution, smoking, roads, obesity kill 4.7m Chinese a year

Air pollution, smoking, obesity and accidents, especially on the road, kill at least 4.7 million Chinese a year and cost the country tens of billions of dollars, researchers said on Friday.

Aug 29, 2014

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A VA exit strategy

As the federal government plans its exit strategy from the war, now may be the time for it to rethink its role in providing health care to veterans, says a Perspective piece in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Aug 29, 2014