Dreaded Superbug Found For First Time In U.S. Patient – A Physician’s Perspective – Forbes
Dreaded Superbug Found For First Time In U.S. Patient – A Physician’s Perspective – Forbes http://www.forbes.com/sites Klebsiella and wbc – David Dorward, NIAID, PHIL Brace yourselves. The scary antibiotic resistance gene, mcr-1, has been found in the U.S. for the first time, in a 49-year-old Pennsylvania woman with symptoms of a urinary tract infection. This […]more…
San Francisco Homeless Deaths
In April of 2015, Janet Delaney was driving around SoMa, looking for subjects to photograph for her ongoing “SoMa Now” series. When she saw a man reclined on the corner of Eighth and Folsom streets, a shiny walker by his side, she immediately pulled over. “It was the same kind of walker I had been […]more…
No, Bill Clinton Does Not ‘Know How’ To Fix The Economy | FiveThirtyEight
No, Bill Clinton Does Not ‘Know How’ To Fix The Economy | FiveThirtyEight http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/no-bill-clinton-does-not-know-how-to-fix-the-economy/more…
Are You Successful? If So, You’ve Already Won the Lottery – NYTimes.com
Are You Successful? If So, You’ve Already Won the Lottery – NYTimes.com http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/05/22/upshot/are-you-successful-if-so-youve-already-won-the-lottery.html Economic View By ROBERT H. FRANK Chance events play a much larger role in life than many people once imagined. Most of us have no difficulty recognizing luck when it’s on conspicuous display, as when someone wins the lottery. But randomness often […]more…
A Plan to Flood San Francisco With News on Homelessness – NYTimes.com
A Plan to Flood San Francisco With News on Homelessness – NYTimes.com http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/05/16/us/san-francisco-homelessness.html SAN FRANCISCO — As the editor in chief of The San Francisco Chronicle, Audrey Cooper has overseen countless stories on homelessness. But the issue became personal three years ago when she was pushing her 6-month-old child in a stroller through the city’s […]more…
Saving Plants With One In Five Species Threatened : SCIENCE : Tech Times
Saving Plants With One In Five Species Threatened : SCIENCE : Tech Times http://www.techtimes.com/articles/157447/20160510/saving-plants-with-one-in-five-species-threatened.htm The Kew Report recently reported that 21 percent of all plant species around the world are in danger of extinction. This number composes more than one in five of the 390,000 vascular plant species known around the globe. The Kew Royal […]more…
Hillary Clinton Widens Lead Over Donald Trump in Poll – First Draft. Political News, Now. – The New York Times
Hillary Clinton Widens Lead Over Donald Trump in Poll – First Draft. Political News, Now. – The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/05/04/hillary-clinton-widens-lead-over-donald-trump-in-poll/ 7:35 am ET Gerry Mullany Hillary Clinton holds a wide lead over Donald J. Trump in a new national poll that came out shortly after the Manhattan businessman became the presumptive Republican nominee. The CNN/ORC […]more…
Donald Trump and the Death of the Republican Party – The Atlantic
Donald Trump and the Death of the Republican Party – The Atlantic http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/05/the-day-the-republican-party-died/481176/ NEW YORK—Where were you the night Donald Trump killed the Republican Party as we knew it? Trump was right where he belonged: in the gilt-draped skyscraper with his name on it, Trump Tower in Manhattan, basking in the glory of his final, […]more…
Why are there so many anonymous companies in Delaware? – Sunlight Foundation Blog
Why are there so many anonymous companies in Delaware? – Sunlight Foundation Blog http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2016/04/06/why-are-there-so-many-anonymous-corporations-in-delaware/ The Townsend Building in Dover, Del., which houses the state’s Division of Corporations. (Photo credit: Google Maps) From the Federal Election Commission’s suggestion that it might finally begin scrutinizing donations to super PACs from mystery limited liability companies (LLCs) to the […]more…