Infrastructure

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso, July 23 (UPI) — Crops could be produced for bioenergy production across Africa without displacing food production to “unlock Africa’s latent potential,” a report says.
Polices would be needed to manage potential conflicts but bioenergy crop production for fuels such as ethanol and biodiesel would not damage food supplies or natural [...]

MONTREAL, July 16 (UPI) — Shriners Hospitals for Children says it will construct a $100 million hospital in Montreal on land adjacent to its current 85-year-old facility.
The new facility will replace the Montreal’s Children’s Hospital, which is in need of repair, as part of the McGill University Health Center, Canadian Broadcasting Corp. News reported [...]

WASHINGTON, July 2 (UPI) — The White House says President Obama has ordered fundamental changes in the way hazardous pathogens and toxins in the United States are secured against misuse.
Research on Biological Select Agents and Toxins is critical for the development of tools to detect, diagnose, recognize and respond to outbreaks of infectious disease [...]

NEW YORK, June 25 (UPI) — The United States is unprepared for possible massive solar flares that could knock out power to much of the nation, a report by scientists says.
A National Academy of Sciences Severe Space Weather Events report says radiation from powerful solar flares could result in the loss of power and [...]

WASHINGTON, June 24 (UPI) — The U.S. government has allocated $250 million for fiscal year 2010 for several preventive healthcare programs, officials said.
“Our current healthcare system leaves many Americans without the preventive care that stops disease and illness before they start,” Surgeon General Regina Benjamin said in a statement. “What we need is an [...]