NEWS SCAN: Vietnam avian flu funds, biolab makes Superfund list, immunization stimulus, China’s healthcare plan
Apr 9, 2009Vietnam receives avian flu support moneyVietnam yesterday received a $7.3 million pledge from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to support two avian influenza projects, Vietnam News Agency (VNA) reported today. The funds will be used to gather information for a transitional H5N1 vaccination strategy and to help Vietnam prepare for outbreaks.[Apr 9 VNA story]Ft Detrick biolab placed on Superfund listThe US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) yesterday added a site on the US Army’s Ft Detrick, Md., biodefense facility to its Superfund National Priorities List, meaning officials will explore if contaminants at the site are having an impact on public health or the environment. The groundwater area placed on the list was used as a disposal site for chemical, biological, and radiological materials from the 1940s until 1970. Trichloroethene and tetrachloroethene has contaminated residential drinking water wells and could spread to areas in more densely populated Frederick, Md.[Apr 8 EPA press release]Stimulus money targets $300 million for immunizationIn announcing $2.3 billion in federal Recovery Act funds for health and human services programs today, Vice President Joe Biden said the Obama administration has targeted $300 million of the total for vaccines and grants to ensure that underserved Americans receive needed immunizations. The new resources will be used to buy vaccines for all 50 states, several large cities, and US territories. The vaccine funds will also cover immunization program operating costs and technical support, as well as vaccine awareness campaigns and innovative programs to boost childhood vaccination.[Apr 9 HHS press release]China announces plan to boost healthcare infrastructureThe Chinese government yesterday announced a major upgrade to its healthcare system, with a plan over the next 3 years to staff a clinic in each of its 700,000 villages, expand medical coverage to 90% of its people, build and renovate hospitals and clinics, and train 1.4 million healthcare workers, The Guardian, a British newspaper, reported. The central government said it would pay 40% of the costs, with local authorities to fund the remainder. Market reforms of the past decades have widened the medical coverage gaps between China’s rich and poor populations, and infectious disease issues such as SARS and avian influenza have focused global attention on the country’s healthcare system, the report said.[Apr 8 Guardian story]
BAR HARBOR — The Kebo Valley Golf Club opens for the season today, Thursday, April 9.Kebo Valley Golf Club was founded in 1888. It is the eighth oldest golf club in the United States and has challenged the skills of many of the country’s finest players, influential politicians and leaders of industry. Nestled between Cadillac and Dorr Mountain in Bar Harbor, Kebo is a spectacular 6,131-yard, classic link and parkland golf course.The board of directors put a payment plan in effect late last fall which allowed membership dues to be paid over a ten-month cycle. This option is still available to all members. You may sign up by printing off the application at kebovalleyclub.com.A new bridge on hole 17 has been built and the stream banks have been cleaned up and improved. There are changes to holes 6 and 14 and some bunker reconstruction on hole 12 will be finished this spring. Latest posts by admin (see all) Hancock County Court News Nov. 3 thorugh Dec. 11 – January 22, 2015 State budget vs. job creation – January 22, 2015 admin House fire in Winter Harbor – October 27, 2014 Latest Posts Bio This is placeholder textThis is placeholder text
By Sudipto GangulyRAJKOT, India(Reuters)-India captain Virat Kohli remained unbeaten on a defiant 49 in a tense final session to deny England victory and claim a draw in the opening Test of the five-match series on Sunday.England captain Alastair Cook notched up his 30th test hundred and declared his team’s second innings on 260 for three in the second session, to set India an improbable target of 310.Leg-spinner Adil Rashid, who picked up four wickets in the first innings, took another three as the hosts were reduced to 71 for four shortly after tea.With the spinners getting the ball to turn sharply and bounce on the wearing pitch, Cook surrounded India’s batsmen with close-in fielders in an effort to force a victory.Kohli, India’s best batsman, then frustrated the touring side with a fifth-wicket stand of 47 with Ravichandran Ashwin, who made 32.The pair batted out over 15 overs to take India closer to the draw before Ashwin drove left-arm spinner Zafar Ansari straight to Joe Root in the covers.Wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha did not last long as India were reduced to 132 for six with enough overs still left in the match for England to force a win.But Kohli added another crucial unbeaten stand of 40 in 10 overs for the seventh wicket with local boy Ravindra Jadeja, who remained unbeaten on 32, to deny the tourists.The hosts reached 172 for six when the captains shook hands for the match to end in a draw.The result, however, could have swung in England’s favour had they managed to hold on to their catches.Vijay, India’s highest scorer in the first innings with 126, was dropped on 13 by Ansari, who failed to hold on to a powerful return catch. The batsman went on to make 31.Ansari was the unlucky bowler again in his next over when Stuart Broad dropped a much easier catch from first-innings centurion Pujara at point with the batsman on 10.Pujara was dismissed on l8, given out leg before off Rashid with replays showing the ball had pitched outside the leg stump and the decision would have been overturned on review.COOK HITS TONEarlier, Cook brought up his sixth hundred against India, with five of them having come while touring the countryResuming on his overnight score of 46, the left-hander looked unperturbed against the turning ball and was equally comfortable against India’s pacemen, who got the ball to reverse swing.Cook hit 13 boundaries in his knock of 130, which came to an end when he was caught off Ashwin.Mishra broke England’s best opening stand in India with his third ball of the day when the 19-year-old Haseeb Hammed (82) hit a flighted delivery straight back to the spinner.Mishra also picked up Root (4) in his second over of the morning.England promoted the hard-hitting Stokes up the order to score quick runs and the left-hander hit 29 in as many deliveries in a 68-run stand with Cook for the third wicket.ENGLAND 1st innings 537 (B. Stokes 128, J. Root 124, M. Ali 117)India 1st innings 488 (M. Vijay 126, C. Pujara 124, R. Ashwin 70; A. Rashid 4-114)England 2nd innings (Overnight: 114-0)A. Cook c Jadeja b R. Ashwin 130H. Hameed c&b Mishra 82J. Root c Saha b Mishra 4B. Stokes not out 29Extras (b-11 lb-3 nb-1) 15Total (for 3 wickets declared, 75.3 overs) 260Fall of wickets: 1-180 H. Hameed,2-192 J. Root,3-260 A. CookDid not bat: B. Duckett, M. Ali, J. Bairstow, C. Woakes, Z. Ansari, A. Rashid, S. BroadBowling: M. Shami 11 – 1 – 29 – 0, R. Jadeja 15 – 1 – 47 – 0,R. Ashwin 23.3 – 4 – 63 – 1, U. Yadav 13 – 2 – 47 – 0,A. Mishra 13 – 0 – 60 – 2(nb-1).INDIA 2nd innings (Target: 310 runs)M. Vijay c Hameed b Rashid 31G. Gambhir c Root b Woakes 0C. Pujara lbw b Rashid 18V. Kohli not out 49A. Rahane b Ali 1R. Ashwin c Root b Ansari 32W. Saha c&b Rashid 9R. Jadeja not out 32Extras 0Total (for 6 wickets, 52.3 overs) 172Fall of wickets: 1-0 G. Gambhir,2-47 C. Pujara,3-68 M. Vijay,4-71 A. Rahane,5-118 R. Ashwin,6-132 W. SahaDid not bat: M. Shami, U. Yadav, A. MishraBowling: S. Broad 3 – 2 – 8 – 0,C. Woakes 4 – 1 – 6 – 1, Z. Ansari 8 – 1 – 41 – 1,M. Ali 19 – 5 – 47 – 1, A. Rashid 14.3 – 1 – 64 – 3,B. Stokes 2 – 1 – 1 – 0, J. Root 2 – 0 – 5 – 0.