Posted by Jordan | Posted in Health | Posted on 02-18-10
Malaria, Tuberculosis, Alzheimer’s disease, AIDS, Pandemic flu, Genital herpes, Urinary tract infections, Grass allergies, Traveler’s diarrhea. You name it, the pharmaceutical industry is working on a vaccine to prevent it. Many could be on the market in five years or less. Contrast that with five years ago, when so many companies had abandoned the vaccine business that half the U.S. supply of flu shots was lost because of factory contamination at one of the two manufactures left.
Vaccines are no longer a sleepy, low-profit niche in a booming drug industry. Today, they’re starting to give ailing pharmaceutical makers a shot in the arm. The lure of big profits, advances in technology, and growing government support has been drawing in new companies, from promising bio-techs to Johnson & Johnson. That means recent Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Jordan | Posted in Government, Health | Posted on 02-12-10
The political world is active. Economies are uncertain. Public trust is vanishing. Individuals feel at risk. And social structures wears thin. However, as Mother Nature recently displayed her vengeance and supremacy in extraordinary and powerful ways in the country of Haiti, we have seen an outpouring of human kindness and self sacrifice.
People are putting aside their day-to-day position and concerns on these issues and are truly reaching out to help. The moral basis of civility is the Golden Rule. This ethic of reciprocity reminds us all of our responsibility toward one another and reinforces the communal nature of human life.
By joining hands and working together to help this impoverished country we can eliminate the weakness of one standing alone and substitute for it the strength of people working together. Read the rest of this entry »
