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Taiwan protests after China boards a tourist boat near Kinmen Island
BY CHRISTOPHER BODEEN Updated 4:08 AM CST, February 20, 2024 TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan on Tuesday protested China’s boarding of a tourist boat, as tensions rise around the Kinmen archipelago, which lies a short distance off China’s coast but is controlled by Taiwan. Taiwanese media reported the King Xia, carrying 11 crew and 23 passengers,…
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Elected Leaders Push To End Indentured Servitude In State’s Prisons
By ROBERT J. HANSEN February 22, 2024 Elected leaders, activists and experts gathered online Feb. 9 for a discussion on the movement to abolish indentured servitude from the California Constitution. The 13th Amendment of the Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude in 1865 – except as punishment for a crime. “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except…
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Substantial Disparities Seen in Travel Time to Pulmonary Rehabilitation
By: Lori Solomon Published on: Feb 13, 2024, 5:44 pm Updated on: Feb 13, 2024, 5:44 pm An estimated 14 million U.S. adults in rural areas have more than a one-hour drive TUESDAY, Feb. 13, 2024 (HealthDay News) — There are substantial geographic disparities in access to pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) programs across the United States, according to…
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Disparities Seen in Stroke Incidence for Indigenous, Non-Indigenous People
By: Elana Gotkine Published on: Feb 14, 2024, 5:08 pm Updated on: Feb 14, 2024, 5:08 pm In countries with a very high Human Development Index, disparities are seen, although they vary WEDNESDAY, Feb. 14, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Disparities in stroke incidence are seen between Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations in countries with a very high…
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What Drives Poor Quality of Care for Child Diarrhea? Experimental Evidence from India
By ZACHARY WAGNER, MANOJ MOHANAN, RUSHIL ZUTSHI, ARNAB MUKHERJI, AND NEERAJ SOOD 9 Feb 2024 INTRODUCTION Diarrhea is a leading cause of death in children, with nearly 500,000 young lives lost to diarrhea each year. Almost all these lives could be saved with a low-cost and widely available treatment: oral rehydration salts (ORS). However, at the present time, nearly half of diarrhea cases around…
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U.S. Agencies Open Inquiry Into Generic Drug Shortages
The F.T.C. and H.H.S. are examining the tactics of group purchasing organizations that generic industry executives say have led to scarce supplies of treatments like chemotherapy.By Christina Jewett Feb. 14, 2024 The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Health and Human Services said on Wednesday that they would examine the causes of generic drug shortages…
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More Young People Are on Multiple Psychiatric Drugs, Study Finds
By Matt Richtel Feb. 16, 2024 The News Growing numbers of children and adolescents are being prescribed multiple psychiatric drugs to take simultaneously, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Maryland. The phenomenon is increasing despite warnings that psychotropic drug combinations in young people have not been tested for safety or studied for their impact on…
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Death and Redemption in an American Prison
By Markian Hawryluk FEBRUARY 21, 2024 Steven Garner doesn’t like to talk about the day that changed his life. A New Orleans barroom altercation in 1990 escalated to the point where Garner, then 18, and his younger brother Glenn shot and killed another man. The Garners claimed self-defense, but a jury found them guilty of second-degree…
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‘Fourth Wave’ of Opioid Epidemic Crashes Ashore, Propelled by Fentanyl and Meth
By Colleen DeGuzman FEBRUARY 21, 2024 The United States is knee-deep in what some experts call the opioid epidemic’s “fourth wave,” which is not only placing drug users at greater risk but is also complicating efforts to address the nation’s drug problem. These waves, according to a report out today from Millennium Health, began with the crisis in…
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