commissioned in two thousand and eleven with the institutes of health and medicine that study had said that they could not find a connection between the pollution levels around the pits and the health effects that the veterans were experiencing. those studies which were very in-depth did not identify an increased risk of respiratory symptoms or disease at locations with burn pits as opposed to no burn pits. the army did their own study and years later and it was it was completely flawed for several reasons one it only studied one burn pit out of two hundred seventy three that were located in iraq and afghanistan they didn't have prior plume samples because it was done done the whole study was a complete. for. as for snow. in new york and july. you may not find snow in albany new york. but that does not mean that it does not snow in albany new york if you set up monitors when . you may not be attacked burning trash the monitors are too far away from them burning you may not attack a part of if you don't put in a monitor until after the burning stuff you may not detect burning any common

of that. for the moment, thank you. most sore throats should be treated with paracetamol rather than antibiotics, according to new guidance from the nhs medicines watchdog. the national institute for health and, nice, says the drugs are prescribed in 60% of cases, despite being mostly ineffective. here's our health correspondent, dominic hughes. the overuse of antibiotics is leading to the development of bacteria resistant to these life—saving drugs. leading health experts say this poses a serious threat to the uk to be if we lose the ability to fight infection, common the ability to fight infection, common medical procedures like cesa rea n common medical procedures like cesarean sections and cancer treatments could become too risky. prescribing antibiotics to treat a sore throat is a prime example of the way they can be misused. sore throats account for one in four gp appointments in the uk related to infections of the lungs and airways. research suggests in 60% of those cases, antibiotics are prescribed. but most sore throats are caused by a viral infection, which antibiotics have no effect on. we have become a bit, umm, acclimatise to thinking we need antibiotics when we have something w

of one-time funding of $4.8 billion for the national institutes of health, including money for the precision medicine initiative, cancer moonshot, and brain initiative. i know from talking with vanderbilt university that the precision medicine initiative, the plan to map the genomes of 1 million volunteers to help researchers develop treatments and cures tailored to a patient's genetics, environment, and lifestyle, has already begun enrolling patients less than one year after the program began. in addition to pmi, i am curious how the funding has been spent, and when and how you plan to keep congress informed of your results. cures required a process to look at burdensome regulations on researchers. i would like to hear if this is helping researchers spend more of their time and money on research and less on administrative tasks. cures also put in place policies at the fda to move safe and effective treatments and cures through the regulatory process more rapidly and at a lower cost. for example, senators burr, bennet, and hatch worked on a breakthrough provision for devices, modeled after a breakthrough provision for drugs. the fir

institutes of health also affected, new patients not able to enroll in clinical trials. research in many places grinding to a halt. i'm joined by chairman of the department of preventive medicine androfessor of infectious diseases at vanderbilt university of medicine. back with me, dr. shatner, thank you very much for being here. i don't want to be an alarmist at all because you still have government functions as it relates to public health that are continuing, right? specifically when it comes to the flu outbreak. what's the biggest impact of the shutdown? >> yeah, that's exactly right, hallie. the flu outbreak surveillance. that is the tracking of this outbreak across the country so that hospitals and private doctors can plan, that's continuing. however, there are a lot of routine functions at the cdc that have either been turned off or slowed down and postponed. that's happened to me today we have two cdc calls that have been postponed. so things are slowing down. not an acute problem, but the longer it goes on the more uncomfortable we all become. >> the national institutes of health say they're not going to be able to enroll new patients in clinical trials but care for curren

medicines watchdog, the national institute for health and care excellence, says most sore throats can be treated with paracetamol. research suggests that antibiotics are being prescribed in a majority ofth correspondent, dominic hughes. the overuse of antibiotics is leading to the development of bacteria resistant to these life—saving drugs. leading health experts warn this poses a serious threat to the uk. if we lose the ability to fight infection, common medical procedures such as cesarean sections and cancer treatments could become too risky. prescribing antibiotics to treat a sore throat is a prime example of the way they can be misused. sore throats account for nearly one in four of gp appointments in the uk related to infections of the lungs and airways. research suggests that in 60% of those cases, antibiotics are prescribed. but most sore throats are caused by a viral infection, on which antibiotics will have no effect. we have become a bit, umm, acclimatised to thinking that we need antibiotics whenever we have got something wrong with us. and we don‘t. we just have to be re—educated, i suppose, to preserve the use of antibiotics for really serious infections. the latest advi

the nhs medicines watchdog has issued new guidelines on how best to treat sore throats in order to cut the use of antibiotics. the guidelines from the national institute for health ands most sore throats can be treated with paracetamol. the rac says it has seen a "concerning rise" in the number of drivers breaking down after hitting potholes. the organisation said there had been an 11% increase in call—outs caused by poor quality roads in the last three months of 2017. the government says it's spending billions on improving road journeys. perhaps we should say cars breaking down rather than drivers. violent scenes broke out across france yesterday — but the cause is not what you might expect. a french supermarket chain started offering a 70% discount on nutella, bringing the price down tojust1.40 euros. in one shop, the police had to be called when people began fighting over the offer. all the stock had gone in 15 minutes — one customer left with a black eye. probably more than they bargained for. that's a summary of the latest bbc news — more at 9.30am. do get in touch with us throughout the morning — use the hashtag victorialive. and if you text, you will be charg

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nhs medicines watchdog, the national institute for health and care excellence, says most sore throats can be treated with paracetamol. research suggests that antibiotics are being prescribed in 60% of't be treated by the drugs. here's our health correspondent dominic hughes. the overuse of antibiotics is leading to the development of bacteria resistant to these life—saving drugs. leading health experts have warned this poses a serious threat to the uk. if we lose the ability to fight infection, common medical procedures such as caesarean sections and cancer treatments could become too risky. prescribing antibiotics to treat a sore throat is a prime example of the way they can be misused. sore throats account for nearly one in four of gp appointments in the uk related to the infections of the lungs and airways. research suggests that in 60% of those cases, antibiotics are prescribed. but most sore throats are caused by a viral infection, on which antibiotics will have no effect. we've become a bit, erm, acclimatised to thinking that we need an antibiotic whenever we've got something wrong with us. and we don't, and we just have to be re—educated, i suppose, to think what we can do f