In 2017, the county reported 59,410 cases of chlamydia (a 1.6 percent increase compared to 2016), 24,157 cases of gonorrhea (9.5 percent increase), 4,403 cases of early syphilis (9.8 percent increase) and 44 cases of congenital syphilis (18.9 percent increase). [Full Article...]
Flake, a key moderate Republican, was at the centre of the drama and uncertainty. The move reflects the intense national interest in the Kavanaugh nomination . The other was Judge Kavanaugh loudly and passionately making his case for why he didn't and couldn't have carried out the sexual assault against Dr. [Full Article...]
The latest patient had been involved in caring for another case at Blackpool Victoria Hospital before monkeypox was diagnosed. Both patients are men who likely contracted the disease in Nigeria, which has now confirmed 115 cases in an outbreak that began a year ago. [Full Article...]
Republicans had hoped to shift the Supreme Court further to the right and lock in for decades a more conservative approach to issues such as abortion, regulation and the environment. Flake said in a statement that Thursday's hearing left him "with as much doubt as certainty". Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont said it was like the potential witness had "effectively nailed a do not distu... [Full Article...]
Washington , Sep 26 (PTI) In another explosive accusation, a third woman came forward on Wednesday to charge Donald Trump's supreme court nominee Brett Kavanaugh with sexual misconduct, alleging that she was gang-raped at a party he attended in the early 1980s. [Full Article...]
Blasey Ford , wearing glasses and a sober dark blue suit, appeared nervous but poised as she sat at the witness table, consulting occasionally with her lawyer. He had a hard time, because he was very inebriated, and because I was wearing a one-piece bathing suit underneath my clothing. Paterson said she knows the importance of not being alone and being believed. [Full Article...]
Police said no gun was ever seen. A summary of the call from Minneapolis emergency communications center says hotel staff called to report a guest was causing a disturbance, was laying in the lobby and had threatened to assault hotel staff and was possibly under the influence of drugs or alcohol. [Full Article...]
At a news conference in NY a day before Kavanaugh was set to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee , Trump pledged to listen to the testimony of Kavanaugh's accuser and even said he was open to changing his mind about his nominee. [Full Article...]