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U.S. Army chief says no human error seen in anthrax mishap

By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. personnel working at an Army facility in Utah appeared to follow correctly all the outlined procedures to inactivate anthrax before they mistakenly shipped off live samples of the deadly bacteria, the Army’s top general said on Thursday. Army Chief of Staff General Raymond Odierno said investigators were now reviewing the procedures themselves to determine why the bacteria was not rendered inactive. “The best

U.S. Army chief says no human error seen in anthrax mishap

By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. personnel working at an Army facility in Utah appeared to follow correctly all the outlined procedures to inactivate anthrax before they mistakenly shipped off live samples of the deadly bacteria, the Army’s top general said on Thursday. Army Chief of Staff General Raymond Odierno said investigators were now reviewing the procedures themselves to determine why the bacteria was not rendered inactive. “The best

Male babies slightly raise gestational diabetes risk

By Kathryn Doyle (Reuters Health) – For pregnant women, carrying a boy brings with it a slight increase in the risk of developing diabetes before giving birth, according to a new study. The findings aren’t something that women need to be concerned about, because the absolute increase in risk is small, said coauthor Dr. Baiju Shah, senior scientist at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences in Toronto, in a phone

Male babies slightly raise gestational diabetes risk

By Kathryn Doyle (Reuters Health) – For pregnant women, carrying a boy brings with it a slight increase in the risk of developing diabetes before giving birth, according to a new study. The findings aren’t something that women need to be concerned about, because the absolute increase in risk is small, said coauthor Dr. Baiju Shah, senior scientist at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences in Toronto, in a phone

Canada rights body to review complaint over birth certificate gender markers

By Maria Caspani NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A human rights tribunal in a Canadian province has agreed to review a complaint filed by nine transgender and intersex people who want gender markers to be removed from their birth certificates, activists said. In a petition filed with the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal, the Vancouver-based Trans Alliance Society and eight people argued that a doctor should not assign a

Canada rights body to review complaint over birth certificate gender markers

By Maria Caspani NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A human rights tribunal in a Canadian province has agreed to review a complaint filed by nine transgender and intersex people who want gender markers to be removed from their birth certificates, activists said. In a petition filed with the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal, the Vancouver-based Trans Alliance Society and eight people argued that a doctor should not assign a