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Sudan: Horrific Violations and Abuses as Fighting Spreads – Report
Sudan: New UN report details horrific violations and abuses by both sides as fighting spreads 23 February 2024 GENEVA (23 February 2024) – The armed conflict in Sudan has resulted in…
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US and British Strikes on Houthi Sites in Yemen Answer Militants’ Surge in Red Sea Attacks on Ships
BY LOLITA C. BALDOR AND TARA COPP Updated 11:28 AM CST, February 25, 2024 For video report click here. WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. and Britain struck 18 Houthi targets in Yemen, answering a recent surge…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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