After a record two feet of snow this weekend, my area (DC) has another 5-9 inches coming tomorrow. My street hasn’t been plowed, and likely won’t be until next week. So this might seem one of those “stories to tell your grandkids.” Except, well, we have water, power, heat, tv, internet, plenty of food, and [...]
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More than 30 years after China’s one-child policy was introduced, creating two generations of notoriously chubby, spoiled only children affectionately nicknamed “little emperors,” a population crisis is looming. … The average birthrate has plummeted to 1.8 children per couple as compared with six when the policy went into effect. … The imbalance [...]
RUSSIA: Russia Marks World AIDS Day: Over 516,000 HIV-Infected Registered
Since registering its first HIV infection in 1987, Russia has logged more than 516,000 cases of the virus, according to Gennady Onishchenko, chief of the consumer rights group Rospotrebnadzor. Testing of more than 21 million Russians this year through October 31 found 46,988 new cases, he said ahead of World AIDS Day. The number of people receiving AIDS medications, 68,000, is expected to expand to 107,000 by 2012. Onishchenko added that discrimination against persons with HIV remains a serious problem and represents a barrier to prevention and treatment efforts.
[Article source: http://www.itar-tass.com/]
CANADA: Vancouver Olympic Athletes Provided with 100,000 Free Condoms
Canadian media reported Thursday that “50,000 to 100,000” condoms have been ordered for distribution to the 6,850 athletes and officials expected to take part in the 2010 Winter Games. Welcome packets will inform participants of where they can access the condoms at the two Olympic villages in the co-host cities of Vancouver and Whistler. Condoms have been distributed to Olympic athletes at least since the 1992 Summer Games in Barcelona. Supported jointly by UNAIDS and the International Olympic Committee, the condom program “is a really good opportunity to use the profile of the Olympics to put positive health promotion messages out there,” said Reka Gustafson, medical health officer for the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority.
[Article source: http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/]
