The Minister for Indigenous Health, Warren Snowdon has congratulated Coles for showing community leadership by implementing measures to minimise alcohol consumption in Alice Springs. “Coles can be congratulated for removing two-litre casks of wine from the shelves of its supermarket in Alice

ARPANSA has been closely monitoring and assessing the nuclear situation in Japan following the 11 March earthquake and tsunami, including the potential exposure to radiation of people and goods travelling from Japan to Australia. The Maritime Union of Australia and others have expressed

More than 400 Afghan children participated in workshops organised as a joint project by the Slovenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Slovenian Embassy in Iran, international governmental and non-governmental organisations, and the Slovenian non-governmental organization, “Art Centre of Young

The Secretary General stressed the progress made in its Libya operation over the past three months: “We have seriously degraded the ability of the Qadhafi regime to attack civilians. We have opened air and sea access for humanitarian assistance. And we have closed it to arms and

The Obama Administration plans to provide regulatory flexibility around No Child Left Behind (NCLB) if Congress does not complete work on a reauthorization bill prior to the August recess, in order to help support reform efforts underway at the state and local level. Education Secretary Arne

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the first generic versions of Levaquin (levofloxacin), an antibiotic approved to treat certain infections in people ages 18 and older. Levofloxacin is used to treat mild, moderate, or severe bacterial infections of the skin, sinuses, kidneys,

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today issued draft guidance that will help advance the development and approval of an artificial pancreas system to treat type 1 diabetes in the United States. Type 1 diabetes is a chronic condition in which the pancreas produces little or no insulin, a

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today unveiled a new strategy to meet the challenges posed by rapidly rising imports of FDA-regulated products and a complex global supply chain in a report called the “Pathway to Global Product Safety and Quality.” “Global production of

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and San Diego-based Ocean Harvest Inc., an outlet for salmon, tuna, and other fresh fish intended for raw consumption, and Ocean Harvest president, Minkyu Park, recently signed a consent decree of permanent injunction. The company had been selling seafood

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today that a consent decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and permanent injunction has been filed against H&P Industries Inc., The Triad Group Inc., and three individuals that would prevent them from manufacturing and distributing products from