New Delhi: At least two cases of a resistant strain of gonorrhoea have hit Hawaii, according to health officials quoted in a report in the Mail Online. The strains are called the 'sex superbug', the Mail said quoting Hawaii News Now reports.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has asked Congress for $50 million to find a new antibiotic to treat the drug-resistant strain of the disease. The first case in the nation was identified in a young woman in Hawaii in May, 2011, the report said.
The 'sex superbug' is called H041 and was first discovered in Japan in 2011. It spread to Hawaii, and has even surfaced in California and Norway, the Mail said.
What's alarming is, doctors are warning that the antibiotic-resistant strain of gonorrhoea, now considered a superbug, has the potential to be as deadly as the AIDS virus, said the Mail. Gonorrhea is the second most commonly reported ...
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09:25 AM, May 07, 2013
A strong earthquake of 6.8 magnitude was recorded off the remote northern coast of Papua New Guinea at a depth of about 8 km (5 miles) on Wednesday. ...
11:00 AM, Apr 17, 2013
Sydney: A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 was recorded off the remote northern coast of Papua New Guinea at a depth of about 8 km (5 miles) on Wednesday, the US Geological Survey said. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii said in a statement there was no threat of a widespread tsunami from the quake, although it warned that earthquakes of that size could generate destructive...
09:37 AM, Apr 17, 2013
The first-round play in Hawaii was abandoned because of strong winds. ...
10:01 AM, Jan 05, 2013
The Hawaiian Islands in the North Pacific are dissolving from within and at some point in the future they might fall off the map completely, geologists claim. Researchers discovered that the mountains found on Oahu (Koolau and Waianae), Hawaii's third largest island, are being eroded from within by groundwater. ...
03:23 PM, Dec 23, 2012
War veteran and Hawaii native Tulsi Gabbard is expected to be inducted into the US Congress. She will be the first Hindu-American diplomat to be inducted into the US Congress. Speaking to CNN-IBN, she said she was happy and said she would work to improvise the US-India ties. ...
10:42 AM, Nov 05, 2012
New York: Airlines hastily canceled flights in the Northeast Sunday as Hurricane Sandy moved up the coast. The massive storm threatens to bring a near halt to air travel for at least two days in a key region for both domestic and international flights. Major carriers such as American Airlines, JetBlue and Delta planned Sunday night to cancel all flights into and out of three area airports in New York,...
07:08 AM, Oct 29, 2012
Los Angeles: Socialite Kim Kardashian and boyfriend rapper Kanye West are on vacation in Hawaii. The couple was seen having a good time and made a visit to Yogurtland, international franchise chain of frozen yogurt stores, even though Kardashian has previously sworn off dairy, gluten and sugar. Meanwhile, the 31-year-old has been rapidly shedding the pounds. Friends and family say she is enjoying a lot of intimate time with West,...
11:50 AM, Aug 20, 2012
Washington: With a massive lead of 20 points over her nearest rival, Tulsi Gabbard has brightened her prospects for being elected as the first Hindu American to the US House of Representatives. "Gabbard is on the verge of completing an epic out-of-nowhere comeback to topple Mufi Hannemann and become the Democratic Party nominee for Hawaii's vacant seat in Congress," the local Honolulu Civil Beat reported on Monday as it released...
07:43 AM, Aug 07, 2012
Hawaii: Billionaire Oracle CEO Larry Ellison bought 98 per cent of Hawaiis sixth-largest island, Lanai, the states governor announced on Wednesday. Ellison, ranked in 2012 as Americas third-richest man, is purchasing the property from fellow billionaire David Murdock. Murdocks Castle and Cooke Inc, which owns all but 2 per cent of Lanais 141 square miles (365 square km), filed a transfer application with Hawaiis Public Utilities Commission. Previous media reports...
11:10 AM, Jun 21, 2012
A combination photo of Panasonic's "Evolta" robots, swim (top), run (R) and bike robot (L), being demonstrated during a news conference in Tokyo September 15, 2011. The company said three types of Evolta robots, developed to swim, bike and run, will challenge to complete an Ironman triathlon course in Hawaii, a total of about 230 km, within one week or 168 hours from October 24, 2011. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao ...
03:20 PM, Sep 15, 2011
Honolulu: Thieves broke into a performing arts organization's van and stole three puppets worth $ 10,000, cutting the company's cast in half in the middle of a popular tour and prompting workers to frantically dig through trash bins in search of the missing characters. Maui Academy of Performing Arts officials said the cloth-covered foam puppets were created in 2009 by puppeteer Frank Kane, who once worked for Jim Henson and...
01:53 PM, Apr 12, 2011
Reno: Minuscule amounts of radiation from Japan's damaged nuclear plant have reached Las Vegas, but scientists say it poses no health risk. Extremely small amounts of the radioactive isotopes iodine-131 and zenon-133 reached a monitoring station by the city's Atomic Testing Museum this week, said Ted Hartwell, manager of the Desert Research Institute's Community Environmental Monitoring Program. Hartwell said he's certain the isotopes came from Japan because they're not usually...
07:54 AM, Mar 27, 2011
Washington: US President Barack Obama has ordered a thorough review of safety at nuclear plants in the country in response to the emergency unfolding at the Fukushima power plant in Japan. Speaking to reporters at the White House on Thursday after returning from a surprise visit to the Japanese embassy, Obama said medical and nuclear experts have assured him that the situation in Fukushima poses no direct threat to the...
11:14 AM, Mar 18, 2011
Washington: US President Barack Obama has said that he was not worried about radiation from the quake hit Japanese nuclear power plant reaching Hawaii. Asked about whether he is worried about the radiation from Japan reaching the US shores, Obama said, "No. I've been assured that it, any nuclear release dissipates by the time it gets even to Hawaii, much less to the mainland of the US." "I do think...
07:03 AM, Mar 16, 2011
Tokyo: The powerful earthquake that unleashed a devastating tsunami on Friday appears to have moved the main island of Japan by eight feet (2.4 meters) and shifted the Earth on its axis. "At this point, we know that one GPS station moved (eight feet), and we have seen a map from GSI (Geospatial Information Authority) in Japan showing the pattern of shift over a large area is consistent with about...
12:52 PM, Mar 12, 2011
More than 45 countries have offered to help Japan deal with Friday's devastating earthquake and tsunami, the United Nations said. Following is a list of aid offers. * US President Barack Obama sent condolences to the people of Japan and said the United States would provide any help its close ally needed. * US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the military was willing to do "anything we are asked to...
09:20 AM, Mar 12, 2011
Santiago: Chile on Friday upgraded a tsunami alert for its coastline and remote Easter Island territory after waves triggered by a massive earthquake in Japan hit Hawaii, and said it would evacuate flood-prone areas along the mainland coast. Chile was hit by a magnitude 8.8 quake and ensuing tsunamis a year ago that hammered towns, roads and industries in south central Chile, killed more than 500 people and caused an...
07:40 AM, Mar 12, 2011
Tokyo: Japan confronted devastation along its northeastern coast on Saturday, with fires raging and parts of some cities under water after a massive earthquake and tsunami that likely killed at least 1,000 people. Daybreak was expected to reveal the full extent of the death and damage from Friday's 8.9 magnitude earthquake and the 10-meter high tsunami it sent surging into cities and villages, sweeping away everything in its path. In...
06:57 AM, Mar 12, 2011
Oakland (California, US)/Quito: Thousands of people fled their homes along the California coast on Friday as a tsunami triggered by the massive earthquake in Japan began hitting the US West Coast after rolling through Hawaii. Initial reports from US civil defence officials and residents of coastal communities suggested the force of the tsunami, a giant wall of water, had dissipated as it sped across the Pacific Ocean toward North America....
12:21 AM, Mar 12, 2011
