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No Accurate Records Kept Of Serious Chemical Accidents In U.S.
Following the horrific explosion in West, Texas, earlier this year, the Dallas Morning News wanted to find out how many serious chemical accidents had occurred in the United States. The newspaper combed through 750,000 federal records, only to learn that no single agency in the federal government has been keeping track... Read More »
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No Bitter Pill: Doctors Prescribe Fruits And Veggies
It was the Greeks who first counseled to let food be thy medicine. And, it seems, some doctors are taking this age-old advice to heart. In New York City physicians are writing prescriptions for fresh fruits and vegetables. That's right, 'scripts for produce. Read More »
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No Copyrights On APIs: Help Us Make The Case
Earlier this year, we applauded District Court Judge Alsup for getting it right and holding that, as a matter of law, one could not copyright APIs. The case, Oracle v. Google, is now on appeal to the Federal Circuit, where a three-judge panel is going to revisit Judge Alsup’s ruling. Read More »
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No Duh. EMR Implementation Costs Too Much
Courtesy of Information Week, we get the following news: apparently, EMRs cost too much. Stop the presses! Read More »
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No Existing Technology Can Ensure Drone Safety, GAO Official Says
No suitable technology currently exists to ensure that drones will “sense and avoid” other aircraft, Gerald Dillingham of the Government Accountability Office recently told lawmakers, adding that the Federal Aviation Administration lacks sufficient dedicated frequency spectrum to operate unmanned aircraft systems in domestic airspace. Read More »
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No Health Care Without Health Workers
With the post-Millennium Development Goals aim of universal health coverage, major external donors will find themselves increasingly constrained in meeting the needs of developing countries. They are seeking ways to generate greater health value from [limited funds]. Read More »
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No Link Found for Deaths and Veterans’ Care Delays
An investigation by the watchdog office for the Department of Veterans Affairs has been unable to substantiate allegations that 40 veterans may have died because of delays in care at the veterans medical center in Phoenix, according to a letter from the new secretary of Veterans Affairs. Read More »
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No Longer ‘Publishing As Usual’
Despite the spread in use of ICTs in agricultural research (see ICT Update 70) information is still constrained by the way it is published and the degree to which it is open. Piers Bocock of CGIAR shares how his organisation is addressing this. Read More »
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No More Executive Bonuses!
These days, it seems, there is no shortage of recommendations for fixing the way bonuses are paid to executives at big public companies. Well, I have my own recommendation: Scrap the whole thing. Read More »
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No One Knows How Many Patients Are Dying from Superbug Infections in California Hospitals
Many thousands of Californians are dying every year from infections they caught while in hospitals. But you’d never know that from their death certificates. Sharley McMullen of Manhattan Beach came down with a fever just hours after being wheeled out of a Torrance Memorial Medical Center operating room on May 4, 2014. A missionary’s daughter who worked as a secretary at Cape Canaveral, Fla., at the height of the space race, McMullen, 72, was there for treatment of a bleeding stomach ulcer. Soon, though, she was fighting for her life...
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No Publication Fee For MEDLINE/ISI Indexed Journals During Open Access Week
OMICS Group International celebrates Open Access Week from 21st October - 27th October 2013 on a grand platform, as it is committed to promoting the scientific knowledge propagation worldwide through its 'Open Access' Journals and conferences. OMICS Group feels pride to announce OPEN ACCESS week to facilitate advancement of research and its dissemination. Read More »
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No, Black Duck, The Sky Is Not Falling
Headlines telling you 60% of open source and 77% of Github projects are dangerous need careful reading (and a pinch of salt). Read More »
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No, Madam Secretary, Prices On Healthcare.gov Are Not A “Hypothetical Situation”
Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services, wins the award today for most creative political spin. During a congressional grilling about the failings of the federal e-commerce website, Healthcare.gov, the secretary now claims that insurance prices are merely “hypothetical situations.” Read More »
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No, Microsoft, open source software really is cheaper, insists Munich
Which is cheaper - using open source or Microsoft's software? The software giant and the city of Munich have come up with very different answers. The city of Munich has hit back at Microsoft in a row over whether the city's plan to use open-source software is cheaper than using Microsoft's products. Read More »
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No, You Can’t Just Go to the Emergency Room—Unless You Want to Go Broke
Or: Why I'm so glad I have health insurance. About three weeks ago I was walking home from the grocery store when a group of teenagers demanded my wallet, cellphone, and—for reasons I can't fully explain—gallon of whole milk. Although I made no effort to resist, I ended up with a laceration on my lip that required stitches, fairly intense swelling on both sides of my head that required X-rays, and a bruised rib. [...]
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