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The leukemia medicine Gleevec that is manufactured by Novartis now has a competitor. A generic variant of the medicine has been introduced by Sun Pharma on February 1, 2016, in the United States. Sun Pharma is likely to price the generic version around 30% less than the price of Gleevc, expecting to take over one-third market within the coming six-month period, according to Kal Sundaram, the Chief Executive Officer of Sun In North America.

Walgreens and Theranos had entered into a partnership just over two years ago to make the latter’s revolutionary blood test technology available to people through the pharmacies of Walgreens across the nation. However, the partnership seems to be suffering a setback due to the regulatory issues with the Theranos’ operations. For the time being, Walgreens has closed its only Theranos Wellness Center in California and is mulling over the decision to be taken regarding the rest 40 centers in Arizona.

Many deadly diseases before have outspread due to lack of knowledge on the part of public. The young are most vulnerable to unawareness, especially if the disease transmits sexually. Many parents shy away from giving sex awareness to their kids, which eventually becomes the reason for diseases, such as human papillomavirus (HPV), sexually transmitted diseases to take roots in society. There are preventions available to treat diseases brought by the virus.

Apart from exploring sand dunes of Mars, NASA’s Curiosity rover is busy in clicking selfie. The car-sized space vehicle took a robot selfie last week when it was roving the Namib Dune of the Red Planet, the space agency of the US announced.

The latest picture by the Curiosity Mars rover was different from a normal selfie as it was clicked without using an arm. Then how the rover clicked the flawless selfie? NASA JPL revealed the photo is a mosaic designed by using 57 self-portraits. The vehicle uses a robotic arm and decided a perfect position a shot. After that, it beams back image to NASA, and Curiosity’s team composes all the pictures together, NASA JPL explained.

Earlier, a study outlined effects of worsening drought on forests in California and stated that conditions are not good for trees. Now, a survey by US Forest Service found that the Californian drought has been doing more damage than the area’s ecosystems can handle.

Conditions of forests in California are worsening where the drought has been causing a spiral of death, the service announced on Monday. It released a report of 300 pages highlighting the effects of the drought. According to the report, Effects of Drought on Forests and Rangelands in the United States, weather is becoming hotter and drier. It could be lead to massive insect outbreaks, bigger wildfires, the report added.

Huge population of endangered African lions has been spotted at a remote locate in Ethiopia, announced the Born Free USA and the Born Free Foundation. The new discovery has confirmed an old hypothesis which states that the big cats thrived there.

The lion species has been discovered in North West Ethiopia’s remote Alatash National Park, said renowned lion conservationist Hans Bauer. More than 50 big cats were found on the Ethiopia-Sudan border during an expedition, Bauer, conservationist working for Oxford University’s Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, added. The lions were also discovered in a region known as Dinder National Park.