Tag: teenage
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Children face ‘staggeringly high’ hunger in conflict-hit Central African Republic
By Paula Dear BANGUI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Clinging to her toy dog, 18-month-old Clemence Mokbem stares ahead as nurses rush past to tend to crying babies in the hot, overcrowded intensive care ward in a Bangui hospital. The toddler was taken to the main children’s hospital in Central African Republic’s capital by her teenage…
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Health officials prepare for Zika, but local efforts tight
HOUSTON (AP) — The poorest parts of Houston remind Dr. Peter Hotez of some of the neighborhoods in Latin America hardest hit by Zika.
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US Prescription Drug Abuse on the Rise
An estimated 2.4 million Americans used prescription drugs nonmedically for the first time in 2010, according to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH). And most abusers start the habit in their teenage years.
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States With the Biggest Heroin Problem
America has been fighting a war on drugs for decades, and the fight continues to this day. The primary target of today? Heroin. No other drug has risen in popularity more. In the past decade, heroin overdoses in the United States have skyrocketed, and the trend is showing no signs of slowing down.