A heartbeat away… isn’t that what they say? If that would happen Sweden, my home country, would look even worse on this list.
Posts Tagged: USA
Last Person to Receive a US Civil War Pension Dies
“Until this week, US taxpayers were literally and directly paying for the Civil War, a conflict whose origins stretch back to the earliest days of the American colonies and continues today on the streets of our cities and towns” (Jason Kottke).
Commander in cheat? Donald Trump’s 18 golf tournament wins examined
“In an extract from his book on Donald Trump and golf, Rick Reilly explains why the president’s game can tell us more about him than a roomful of psychologists” (The Guardian).
The end of HIV transmission in the U.S.: A once-unthinkable dream becomes an openly discussed goal
“A mere decade ago, 45,000 Americans a year were contracting HIV. Since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention started collecting data on HIV-related deaths just over 30 years ago, more than half a million of those people have died from AIDS.
And yet, today, the struggle against HIV may be undergoing a sea change.
U.S. health officials and HIV experts are beginning to talk about a future in which transmission in the United States could be halted. And that future, they say, could come not within a generation, but in the span of just a few years.“