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US adds more Caribbean countries to Zika travel advisory by STAFF WRITER
From Antigua Observer ATLANTA, Jan. 24, CMC – The United States healthcare agency, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), has added more Caribbean countries to the list of places to be avoided by Americans because of the outbreak…
Germany: Assisted suicide – first decisions react to new law
By Tatjana Schroeder Contributed by SKW Schwarz Rechtsanwälte From International Law Office Introduction On November 6 2015 Parliament voted for a new law on the culpability of individuals who assist in another person’s suicide and a new Section 217 of the Act…
US D.C. Circuit deals blow to big tobacco
By C. Ryan Barber, From The National Law Journal Decision lifts injunction on the FDA’s use of Committee’s Menthol Report Almost two years ago, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s ability to use a controversial report on menthol cigarettes nearly disappeared…
New specifications on energy supplier’s obligation to take energy efficiency measures
By Bernd Rajal and Mark Tuttinger Contributed by Schoenherr Rechtsanwälte From International Law Office ILO Introduction Under Section 10 of the Federal Energy Efficiency Act,(1) certain energy utilities which commercially supply end consumers with energy in Austria must, as of…
Yale medical school study finds hormone that extends laboratory mice lives by 40%
From WN.com, Jack Durschlag It’s too early to tell yet, but scientists have discovered a way to extend lab mice lives by 40 percent in a process that one day could be used as a treatment to expand human lifespans,…
Dole Packaged Salads Recall
From Foster’s Food Fair Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 9:04 AM Following the information received regarding the Dole Packaged Salads Recall, please find attached official Press Releases. We are not affected by this recall. This information is also available on our…
American doctor saved in the Cayman Islands
A doctor from Massachusetts is alive today thanks to quick reactions by hotel employees, first responders, and the skilled medical teams and surgeons at Health City Cayman Islands, and he now plans to partner with the facility that saved his…
Striding towards a higher goal in the Cayman Islands
Top stepper in the 2016 “Every Step Counts” Pedometer Challenge, Ms Daphine Watson of the Department of Tourism, has been beyond impressive so far! Any advice for other would-be high steppers during the Pedometer Challenge? “Setting a goal is the…
A bit of madness
By Paul McGowan From PS Audio It’s always fascinated me how events seem to come in waves and troughs: sometimes everything, then a whole lot of nothing. Beginning last Friday we started a major remodel of the PS Audio building. 6…
5 charged with theft of GSK cancer drug secrets
By P.J. D’Annunzio, The Legal Intelligencer Five people including two scientists working for GlaxoSmithKline have been charged with taking part in a scheme to steal trade secrets and methods for manufacturing cancer medication from the drugmaker, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for…
