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Basel, July 6, 2009 - Today Novartis announced the delivery of the 250,000,000th treatment of Coartem, a highly-effective artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) for the treatment of malaria, with cure rates of more than 95%[2]*. To mark this occasion, Dr. Daniel Vasella, Chairman and CEO of Novartis, delivered the milestone dose to Mwananyamala District Hospital in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
MONTREAL–Near the bustling intersection of St-Catherine and St-Denis, friends and business partners Brent Gray, 21, and Sébastien Dupéré, 23, supervise as jets of steam from their steam cleaner vaporize the fossilized wads of chewing gum littering the ground at their feet.
CHEYENNE -- A public-private effort to research cleaner ways of using Wyoming coal could be key in addressing the growing energy needs of the West, a coal gasification industry official said.
PIERRE — Gov. Mike Rounds announced Friday that the state Board of Water and Natural Resources has approved nearly $31 million in grants and low-interest loans for drinking water, wastewater, rural water, and landfill projects.
A fishing rod might just be a great leveler. Gather a group of avid anglers together and they will run the gamut. You will have minnows, flounder and big fish - skillwise.
BRIGANTINE - A man injured diving into shallow water near a jetty Saturday remained hospitalized Sunday, but his condition is unknown. Brigantine police on Sunday identified the injured man as Justin Heydon, 21, of West Virginia.
An early morning fire Sunday caused an estimated $20,000 worth of damage to a home on the 100 block of North Roosevelt Boulevard, city fire Lt. John Maguire said.
On June 18 around 9:30 a.m., Golden Gate Bridge electrical foreman Jim McKnight was driving south on the span when he looked west and saw that it was clear and sunny. Fifteen minutes later, McKnight walked out onto the span for a second look, and the fog was...
ACES passes the House by a vote of 219-212. Passage of the bill provides a potential roadmap for appealing to agriculture-state and cost-sensitive moderates in the Senate. The ACES victory also provides the Obama Administration with an incrementally stronger negotiating position in Copenhagen . . .
Kenya will plant 7.6 billion tree seedlings in a bid to attain a 10 percent forest cover as required by international standards by year 2030.
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