GAITHERSBURG, MD – VIRxSYS Corporation, a privately held company developing vaccines and RNA therapies for serious human diseases such as HIV and cardiovascular diseases, announced results from its prophylactic HIV vaccine (VRX1023) study in Rhesus Macaque monkeys during a presentation at the 2010 Annual Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in San Francisco, CA.
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By Hudson Gumbihi| Nairobi, Kenya
PLANS are afoot to set up a training school in Nairobi for firefighters.
The institution will be based in Industrial Area, Chief Fire Officer Brian Chunguli has disclosed while outlining to Luvei Times obstacles facing his officers.
Funds from Local Authority Service Delivery Action Plan (LASDAP) will be used in setting up the [...]
By Caroline K. Kwatemba | Kisumu, Kenya.
Bicycle taxis, referred to as “Boda boda” by the locals. The name is a play on the english word “Border.” Because some years ago, bicycles were the only form of transportation across Kenya and Uganda border points. This form of transportation was highly favored by small time smugglers who [...]
By Waluse Luchiri | Busia, Kenya
Kenya’s transport system continues to remain in shambles, forty-seven years into independence despite promises by subsequent administrations to prioritize plans to improve infrastructure.
The hype by the Kibaki administration to have the northern corridor running across the country from the Port of Mombasa at the sea coast to the boarder [...]
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[12-Feb-2010] The USA Sevens Rugby tournament debuts in Las Vegas at Sam Boyd Stadium Feb. 13-14, 2010. The annual tournament draws thousands of international fans, and will enjoy even greater support since the October 9, 2009 announcement by the International Olympic Committee that Rugby Sevens will re-debut as an Olympic sport in 2016. [...]
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Imagine sitting in a rural health clinic, streaming three-dimensional medical imaging over the web and discussing a unique condition with a specialist in New York. Or downloading a high-definition, full-length feature film in less than five minutes. Or collaborating with classmates around the world while watching live 3-D video of a university lecture. [...]
By Hudson Gumbihi
SOME police officers in Nairobi, Kenya, are resisting a directive to move to new stations consequently disruption routine operations.
The defiant officers complain that transfers asking them to move to other provinces were effected at the most inappropriate months of last December and January when they feasting and taking children to schools respectively.
Following the [...]
By Luvei Times Reporter
KENYA stepped up her campaign against ivory trade with a representative expected to met a US congress committee in Washington DC later this week.
Patrick Omondi, head of Species Conservation and Management at Kenya Wildlife Services flew out of the country on Monday to present Kenya’s case in a bid to lobby for [...]
By Hudson Gumbihi
THE ministry of Fisheries Development has embarked an ambitious breeding programme covering all constituencies in Kenya.
More than 28,000 fish ponds will be constructed in about 140 constituencies in a bid to cushion the country against food insecurity and encourage a large population to embrace fish delicacy, which is only popular in western Kenya.
Coming [...]
TORRANCE, Calif., February 3, 2010 – Toyota Motor Sales (TMS) U.S.A., Inc., today announced it will begin fixing accelerator pedals in recalled Toyota Division vehicles from today. Toyota’s engineers have developed and rigorously tested a solution that involves reinforcing the pedal assembly in a manner that eliminates the excess friction that has caused the pedals [...]
