A dramatic drop in the cost of revolutionary new hepatitis drugs could see Pakistan lead the way in stamping out one of the world’s most prevalent infectious diseases. Hepatitis C infects as many as seven million people in Pakistan, making it one of the worst affected countries on the planet. The virus is responsible for…
Treyarch announced details for the latest Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 update on their subreddit, marking the return of the iconic Nuketown map, along with updates across all game modes. A stability update has been added for Zombies, various improvements in Multiplayer mode, and the Bowie Knife in Blackout which gives 1-hit melee kills,…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Mercy senior Jackie Couillard and Tampa senior Julia Morrow were selected Louisville/Slugger NFCA Division II National Player and Pitcher of the Week, respectively, for games played over March 30-April 5. Couillard, a native of Wolcott, Conn., had a monster week at the plate for the Mavericks. She batted . 655 (19-for-29)…
Canada’s Baby Boomers are moving into retirement age, but nearly a quarter of them still have adult kids living at home. That’s according to data from a new survey by real estate agency Royal LePage, looking at baby boomers in Canada’s housing market. The survey found 23 per cent of all boomer households — those…
November was a bad month for Canada’s auto industry. Hot on the heels of GM Canada’s announcement it is shutting its long-running Oshawa assembly plant comes the news that Canadian auto sales have hit the skids. November light vehicle sales dropped by 9.4 per cent compared to the same month a year earlier, according to…
SALEM, Va. — Tufts’ Allyson Fournier won an All-American pitcher’s duel with Salisbury’s Rachel Johnson and the two-time defending national champion Jumbos won their 50th straight game on Friday night, 3-0, in a rematch of last year’s championship, to close out day two of the NCAA Division III Championship at the Moyer Sports Complex in…
Nasa has cancelled its first ever all-female space walk outside the International Space Station after it emerged it did not have enough suits to fit women. In a blow to what would have been one great leap for womankind, the plan for Christina Koch and Anne McClain to change a battery on the exterior of the…
A Royal Navy warship has seized more than two tons of hashish, in its sixth drugs haul of recent months while tackling traffickers in the Arabian Sea. HMS Dragon is believed to have set a Royal Navy record for drugs capture in the region with a string of major heroin and hashish hauls. The drugs…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Auburn Montgomery (Ala.) is the No. 1 unanimous choice in the 2015 NAIA Softball Coaches’ Preseason Top 25 Poll, the national office announced Tuesday. En route to a 44-7 record, the Warhawks won their first-ever NAIA Softball World Series last year, after a 10-6 defeat of No. 2 William Carey (Miss.), on…
Director Sam Raimi, known for Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2, and Spider-Man 3, told THR that although he loves it now, he originally thought Stan Lee having a cameo in Spider-Man was not a good idea. “I got the job for Spider-Man in 1999,” Raimi said. “And [Marvel head] Avi Arad said, ‘I want you to put Stan…