The Daily Populous

Thursday April 6th, 2017 morning edition

image for Male contraceptive blocked by drug companies who make billions from the female pill

But rather than a Big Pharma lab, the breakthrough is emerging from a university startup in the heart of rural India.

“If those companies were run by women, it would be totally different.”.

Guha’s technique for impairing male fertility relies on a polymer gel that’s injected into the sperm-carrying tubes in the scrotum.

Research assistants work at the Risug laboratory at the Indian Institute of Technology in Kharagpur (Sumit Dayal/Bloomberg).

About 540 men have received it in India, where it continues to prevent pregnancies in their partners 13 years after treatment, he said.

A submission to regulators this year will seek approval for Risug as a permanent method of birth control.

Another popular drug, venlafaxine, was shown increase the risk users engaging in suicidal thoughts and attempts at suicide Getty.

Trump's chief strategist Steve Bannon stripped of national security council role

Authored by theguardian.com

Donald Trump’s political strategist Steve Bannon has lost his place on the national security council in a staff shakeup, documents show.

A presidential memorandum dated 4 April took Bannon, the former Breitbart News executive and chief White House link to the nationalist rightwing, off the country’s main body for foreign policy and national security decision-making.

It also empowers homeland security chief Tom Bossert and economic policy chief Gary Cohn to prepare Trump for key decisions requiring presidential action “at the sole discretion of the national security adviser”.

Astronaut John Glenn to be interred at Arlington Cemetery

Authored by bigstory.ap.org

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Final funeral rites for astronaut John Glenn will take place Thursday at Arlington National Cemetery.

There was a public outpouring of admiration for the former fighter pilot, history-making astronaut and longtime Democratic U.S. senator from small-town Ohio after he died on Dec. 8 at age 95.

He became the oldest man in space when he returned aboard the space shuttle Discovery in 1998 at age 77.

An Unexpected Career: Target’s Forensic Services Laboratory

Authored by corporate.target.com

The paths to a career in criminal justice are winding and vast, but one place you might not think to look is a retail giant like Target.

Unbeknownst to most, Target has a top-rated forensic services laboratory that provides forensic examinations, and assists outside law enforcement with help on special cases.

The team also tackles felony, homicide and special circumstances cases for law bureaus that need the extra manpower, facilities, resources and time – free of charge.

Phony VPN Services Are Cashing in on America's War on Privacy

Authored by motherboard.vice.com
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"If anything, it suggests that mysafevpn.com is super sketchy and we would recommend using almost any other VPN service with your Plex Media Server.".

A company selling VPN service that doesn't actually offer a VPN server to connect to.

A source who attempted to buy the VPN service sent me an invoice and it had your contact information on it.