Tag: united
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1st US penis transplant could bring hope to maimed soldiers
BOSTON (AP) — A 64-year-old cancer patient has received the nation's first penis transplant, a groundbreaking operation that may also help accident victims and some of the many U.S. veterans maimed by roadside bombs.
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Early childhood program expands amid Flint’s water crisis
FLINT, Mich. (AP) — The University of Michigan-Flint's early childhood education program will be offered for free to more Flint families amid the city's crisis with lead-tainted water, officials said Monday.
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Storing babies’ blood samples pits privacy versus science
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Two-day-old Ellie Bailey squirms in a hospital bassinet and cries as her tiny left heel is squeezed and then pricked with a needle to draw a blood sample. An Indianapolis hospital technician quickly saturates six circles on a special filter card with the child's blood.
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Storing babies’ blood samples pits privacy versus science
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Two-day-old Ellie Bailey squirms in a hospital bassinet and cries as her tiny left heel is squeezed and then pricked with a needle to draw a blood sample. An Indianapolis hospital technician quickly saturates six circles on a special filter card with the child's blood.
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Lessons Not Yet Learned: Ebola, Zika and Global Health Security
Despite a decade of lessons learned from fighting global health disasters like avian flu, SARS, and most recently Ebola, the United States continues to use an ineffective 'crisis-by-crisis' approach to combat health emergencies. With the Zika virus now challenging domestic and international health care infrastructures, we need a comprehensive…
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Dartmouth coach: Tackle-free practice reduces concussions
WASHINGTON (AP) — Dartmouth football coach Buddy Teevens makes a promise to recruited players before they take the field: “In four years, you will never tackle another Dartmouth football player.”
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Dartmouth coach: Tackle-free practice reduces concussions
WASHINGTON (AP) — Dartmouth football coach Buddy Teevens makes a promise to recruited players before they take the field: “In four years, you will never tackle another Dartmouth football player.”
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Fight against AIDS threatened by lack of money, leadership, U.N. head says
By Ellen Wulfhorst NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Global progress fighting AIDS could be lost because prevention programs are suffering from a lack of leadership, accountability and funding, the head of the United Nations warned on Friday. Headway in tackling the epidemic has been “inspiring,” with a 42 percent decline in AIDS-related deaths since…
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Romania: Drug company, hospitals probed in disinfectant row
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romanian authorities have conducted searches at hospitals and the offices of a drug company which authorities say has supplied dozens of hospitals with a sub-standard disinfectant.
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People with albinism risk "extinction" in Malawi, says UN official
By Sebastien Malo NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – People with albinism in Malawi are at risk of “systemic extinction” due to relentless attacks fueled by superstitions, the United Nations’ top expert on albinism said on Friday on her first official visit in her new role. At least 65 cases of violence against people with…