Mead is a village in Saunders County, Nebraska, with a population of just 580 people.1 Their website focuses on what they do best: small town living. “If you’re ready to escape the city, come join us in Mead, Nebraska,” their official site reads.2 This close-knit farming community is also home to AltEn,3 an ethanol plant… Read More: Ethanol Plant Using Treated GMO Corn Poisons Town »
An experienced pharmacist who went against her concerns and dispensed a hardcore chemotherapy drug to a patient who died days later has been found guilty of professional misconduct. Melbourne pharmacist Jennifer Barca inappropriately dispensed an unsafe dose of methotrexate to Ian Gilbert, 77, despite raising concerns with his doctor the dose prescribed was too high.… Read More: Pharmacist guilty of misconduct over death »
A study of gay and bisexual male participants in the first large implementation study of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in Australia has found that although rates of bacterial sexually transmitted infections (STIs) were high, they did not increase in the two years after starting PrEP. In contrast, they increased significantly in the year before men… Read More: Bacterial STI rates rose in the year before starting PrEP,… »
Northern Territory chief minister Michael Gunner has launched a bold bid to force the federal government to overturn commonwealth laws blocking the top end from having the freedom to vote on voluntary assisted dying legislation. Both the NT and the ACT are unable to rule on the controversial issue of euthanasia due to a 1997… Read More: Federal suppression ‘an absolute disgrace’ »