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Bulgaria detects bird flu in dead pelicans

SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgaria’s authorities said on Friday they had discovered the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu virus in two dead pelicans in a nature reserve in northeastern part of the Balkan country, close to neighboring Romania. “Samples were taken from the two birds after 21 Dalmatian pelicans were found dead and both are positive,” the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency said in a statement. The agency said it had imposed

How to Eat Smarter

Although the focus of our cognitive behavioral approach to permanent weight loss is on helping people change how they think so they can make long lasting changes in their eating, we do provide them with certain guidelines about food. They start making these changes while they are learning how to diet. Some dieters, who already know about…

Indiana governor allows needle exchange to fight HIV outbreak

Indiana’s governor on Thursday authorized the short-term use of a needle-exchange program recommended by federal health officials to combat a worrisome outbreak of HIV infections in a rural county tied to intravenous prescription drug abuse. Republican Governor Mike Pence said he personally opposes needle-exchange programs but signed an emergency order allowing one to be used in Scott County in southern Indiana. Scott County has had 79 HIV cases since December,

Ultra-high-net-worth individuals in US account for third of global wealthy: Wealth-X

Michael Kors menswear The United States’ population of ultra-high-net-worth individuals grew by 6 percent overall last year, and no states saw a decrease in this demographic, according to findings by Wealth-X. Wealth-X’s “American Ultra Wealth Ranking 2014-2015” found that the UHNW population of the U.S. is primarily concentrated in major metropolitan areas across the country, while some states boast more than one city with a large demographic of wealth. Having

Thursday, March 26: Today in Gold and Silver

NEW YORK (TheStreet) — It was another quiet day for gold yesterday.  After the usual dip in morning trading in the Far East on their Wednesday, the price began to rally once the gold market opened in London.  That rally lasted until the gold price pierced the $1,200 spot mark, which came at the open of equity trading in New York—and it was all down hill from there. The low