State Forecast for Garden City Area Agriculture Report
High pressure brings fast drying conditions with hot afternoons and a sunny to partly cloudy sky. South winds 10 to 20 mph and afternoon humidity near 20 percent. Dry tonight with a partly cloudy sky. Soil temperature noted.
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NASA takes gamble to launch Discovery amid foam risks
NASA chief Michael Griffin overruled top managers and proceeds with the Kennedy Space Center launch of Discovery at 3:49 p m EDT amid forecast storms. The decision defies safety concerns about foam shedding from the fuel tank and follows a Columbia era push to resume flights to meet a 2010 space station deadline.
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New Lucentis Drug Wins Eye Disease Approval
The FDA approves Lucentis from Genentech to significantly improve vision in wet age related macular degeneration, a leading cause of blindness in the elderly. The drug costs about 1950 per injection, with Avastin a cheaper alternative already used off label. Early trial results raised optimism among doctors about reversing vision loss.
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Fewer Guardsmen on Border Than Expected
Sacramento AP reports that 483 National Guard troops were on the Mexico border as deadline neared, with more than 2,000 more in training or planning roles in four Southwest states. Officials dispute pacing, noting 125 Border Patrol agents back on front lines and seizures of marijuana, cocaine, and vehicles.
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FDA approves first generic Zoloft from Teva
The FDA approved Teva Pharmaceutical Industries to make generic sertraline in 25 50 and 100 milligram tablets. Pfizer’s patent on Zoloft expires Saturday and will offer its own generic version to compete. Zoloft earned Pfizer $3.1 billion last year and was the seventh top prescription drug. Teva plans to launch in late July while Lexapro faces a separate FDA clearance for a generic.
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