More than 5 million uninsured young U.S. adults ages 19-34 are eligible for Medicaid or will become eligible for Medicaid in January, a non-profit says. The report, prepared by researchers at the Urban Institute, with support from the ...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration halted the selling of the 23andMe Saliva Collection Kit and Personal Genome Service -- a home DNA test. In a letter posted on its website, the FDA alleged 23andMe was being sold without clearance or ...
Flooring manufacturer Unilin sees great value in the annual North American Association of Floor Covering Distributors (NAFCD) convention, taking place this week in Chicago. Unilin’s Quick-Step and Columbia brands show their full ...
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Deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Aachen, Germany says that, at its MOCVD Seminar at the 10th China International Forum on Solid State Lighting (China SSL 2013) in Beijing (10-12 November) - organized by the China Solid State ...
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Green flooring options are becoming more and more popular each year. Flooring manufacturers have, understandably, taken a two-pronged approach to green flooring options, developing new products and more aggressively marketing current ...
Taking place on 26-27 November at the Centro Congressi Milanofiori (opposite NH Milanofiori Hotel), Making Cosmetics is all set for its first event in Milan. With 670 visitors already pre-registered (excluding exhibitors), the signs are ...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first adjuvanted pandemic influenza vaccine, Q-pan, to protect against H5N1 influenza, or avian flu. The vaccine, manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline, was developed in partnership with the ...
The Industrial Fabrics Association International (IFAI) hosted the largest specialty fabrics show in the Americas, IFAI Specialty Fabrics Expo 2013 and Advanced Textiles Conference Trade Show with more than 5,300 attendees, from 65 ...
The annual PCI Fibres Conference 2013 took place November 7-8, 2013, in Hong Kong. Topics included the supply of the various fiber raw materials and the situation in the Asia-Pacific Rim. It was an event full of valuable information and a ...
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The first Rieter Com4 yarn seminar in India was held on September 20, 2013, at the TWIC-IKFA Convention Centre in Tirupur, India. The event took place in parallel with SS Textile Media Pvt. Ltd’s Yarnex and TexIndia 2013 exhibitions ...
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If Sesame Street characters talk about healthy eating and exercise, preschoolers may listen, and their parents may learn as well, researchers in Colombia say. Dr. Jaime Cespedes, director of the Pediatric Hospital at the Cardioinfantil ...
Twenty-four percent of U.S. women age 30 and younger say they became a parent before age 21, compared with 10 percent of men, a survey indicates. The Gallup Poll of 5,100 U.S. adults were asked a number of questions about their ...
Those tasked with reducing their fleet's fuel consumption face many technology and training choices and a lot of calculations before they can select solutions that will be cost-effective for them. Recognizing this challenge, Natural ...
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German autoparts maker Continental has inaugurated its new tire plant, ContiLifeCycle, in Hannover-Sticken, Germany. Claimed to be the first globally, the new plant integrates an advancede facility for retreading bus and truck tires with ...
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration warns doctors of the rare but serious risk of heart attack and death with use of the cardiac nuclear stress test agents. The cardiac nuclear stress test agents Lexiscan, or regadenoson, and Adenoscan, ...