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	<title>Breaking News &#187; Child And Teen Health</title>
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		<title>Boston city youth panel says Lady Gaga, Jamie Foxx songs among those unhealthy for teens</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:39:50 +0000</pubDate>
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Boston teen panel: Lady Gaga, Foxx songs unhealthy

BOSTON — An initiative to encourage healthy teen relationships says songs by Jamie Foxx and Lady Gaga are the musical equivalent of junk food.
A teen panel working with the Boston Public Health Commission has determined that their songs are among the top 10 with &#8220;unhealthy relationship ingredients.&#8221;
The commission ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/boston-city-youth-panel-says-lady-gaga-jamie-foxx-songs-among-those-unhealthy-for-teens-238421/">Boston city youth panel says Lady Gaga, Jamie Foxx songs among those unhealthy for teens</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>20 years after UN pact to protect children, some successes alongside a long list of woes</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:35:16 +0000</pubDate>
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20 years after UN pact, many children still suffer
EDITOR&#8217;S NOTE — The United Nations adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child 20 years ago Friday, yet hundreds of millions of children still suffer from violence, hunger and disease. Associated Press correspondents around the globe interviewed children who illustrate the remaining challenges, along .... Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/20-years-after-un-pact-to-protect-children-some-successes-alongside-a-long-list-of-woes-233335/">20 years after UN pact to protect children, some successes alongside a long list of woes</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Michelle Obama, agriculture secretary visit Alexandria, Va., school, tour its vegetable garden</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:16:22 +0000</pubDate>
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Michelle Obama visits Va. school, tours garden

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — First Lady Michelle Obama received a few gardening tips from students Wednesday as she toured a Virginia elementary school&#8217;s vegetable garden.
Mrs. Obama and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack visited Hollin Meadows Elementary to promote the Obama administration&#8217;s Healthier U.S. Schools initiative.
Students showed the first lady how they ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/michelle-obama-agriculture-secretary-visit-alexandria-va-school-tour-its-vegetable-garden-231849/">Read more : Michelle Obama, agriculture secretary visit Alexandria, Va., school, tour its vegetable garden</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>CDC estimates swine flu toll at 22 million sickened, nearly 4,000 killed since April</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:07:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lauran Neergaard</dc:creator>
		
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CDC&#8217;s swine flu toll: 4,000 dead, 22 million ill

WASHINGTON — Estimates of deaths caused by the swine flu have grown to nearly 4,000 since April, roughly quadrupling previous estimates. But that doesn&#8217;t mean swine flu suddenly has worsened.
Instead, the federal numbers made public Thursday reflect a long-awaited better attempt to quantify the new flu&#8217;s true ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/cdc-estimates-swine-flu-toll-at-22-million-sickened-nearly-4000-killed-since-april-228027/">Original article on  : CDC estimates swine flu toll at 22 million sickened, nearly 4,000 killed since April</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Gov&#8217;t now estimates swine flu has sickened 22 million in US since April, killed nearly 4,000</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:14:12 +0000</pubDate>
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CDC: Swine flu has sickened 22 million in 6 months

WASHINGTON — Swine flu has sickened about 22 million Americans since April and killed nearly 4,000, including 540 children, according to startling federal estimates released Thursday.
The figures — roughly a quadrupling of previous death estimates — don&#8217;t mean swine flu suddenly has worsened, and most cases ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/govt-now-estimates-swine-flu-has-sickened-22-million-in-us-since-april-killed-nearly-4000-227427/" title="Gov&#8217;t now estimates swine flu has sickened 22 million in US since April, killed nearly 4,000">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>UNICEF says hunger causes stunted growth in early 200 million children around the world</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:09:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria Cheng</dc:creator>
		
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UN says hunger stunts some 200 million children

ROME — Nearly 200 million children in poor countries have stunted growth because of insufficient nutrition, according to a new report published by UNICEF Wednesday before a three-day international summit on the problem of world hunger.
The head of a U.N. food agency called on the world to join .... Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/unicef-says-hunger-causes-stunted-growth-in-early-200-million-children-around-the-world-226031/">UNICEF says hunger causes stunted growth in early 200 million children around the world</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>UNICEF: Nearly 200 million children are undernourished and have stunted growth</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:05:11 +0000</pubDate>
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UN: 200 million kids have stunted growth
LONDON — Nearly 200 million children in poor countries have stunted growth because they don&#8217;t get enough to eat, according to a new report published Wednesday by UNICEF.

The vast majority are in Asia and Africa: more than 90 percent of children with stunted growth live on those two continents.
&#8220;Unless ... Original source on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/unicef-nearly-200-million-children-are-undernourished-and-have-stunted-growth-225925/">UNICEF: Nearly 200 million children are undernourished and have stunted growth</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Judge says autistic first-grader can keep helper dog in class under Illinois law</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:53:38 +0000</pubDate>
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Judge&#8217;s ruling allows autism helper dog in class

TUSCOLA, Ill. — A first-grader in central Illinois gets to keep his autism helper dog in school, a Douglas County judge ruled Tuesday.
Judge Chris Freese sided with the family of Kaleb Drew, who argued that the boy&#8217;s yellow Labrador retriever is a service animal allowed in schools under .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/judge-says-autistic-first-grader-can-keep-helper-dog-in-class-under-illinois-law-225200/">Judge says autistic first-grader can keep helper dog in class under Illinois law</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>No long lines, no cries of injustice; Europe has more orderly approach to swine flu shots</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:33:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria Cheng</dc:creator>
		
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In Europe, most swine flu shots by invitation only

LONDON — In Britain, there are no long lines of people seeking swine flu vaccine. Doctor&#8217;s offices aren&#8217;t swamped with desperate calls. And there are no cries of injustice that the vaccine is going to wealthy corporations or healthy people who don&#8217;t really need it.
Here, and across .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/no-long-lines-no-cries-of-injustice-europe-has-more-orderly-approach-to-swine-flu-shots-220812/">Original source &nbsp;: No long lines, no cries of injustice; Europe has more orderly approach to swine flu shots</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>UN says it needs $39 billion to fight the leading killer of children: Pneumonia</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:04:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria Cheng</dc:creator>
		
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UN: $39 billion needed for pneumonia
LONDON — To fight pneumonia, the world&#8217;s top killer of children, United Nations officials say they need $39 billion (€26.35 billion) over the next six years.

On the first World Pneumonia Day on Monday, the World Health Organization and UNICEF are releasing a global plan aiming to save more than 5 .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/un-says-it-needs-39-billion-to-fight-the-leading-killer-of-children-pneumonia-214462/" title="UN says it needs $39 billion to fight the leading killer of children: Pneumonia">Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Cluster of Calif. teen suicides spurs community&#8217;s anguish, questions, random acts of kindness</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:09:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Leff</dc:creator>
		
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Anguish over California teen suicides spurs action

PALO ALTO, Calif. — Grim news hit this university town in late October just two days before a PTA forum on teenage stress: Another Palo Alto teen had died after stepping in front of a commuter train, the fourth such suicide in less than six months.
With hundreds of parents .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/cluster-of-calif-teen-suicides-spurs-communitys-anguish-questions-random-acts-of-kindness-214356/">Cluster of Calif. teen suicides spurs community&#8217;s anguish, questions, random acts of kindness</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>CDC reports largest one-week increase in swine flu deaths of children; now at 114</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:42:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Stobbe</dc:creator>
		
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CDC: Swine flu kids&#8217; deaths jump to 114
ATLANTA — Swine flu has caused at least 19 more children&#8217;s deaths — the largest one-week increase since the pandemic started in April, health officials said Friday.

At least 114 children have died from swine flu complications since the spring, up from 95 reported a week earlier, according to .... Original source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/cdc-reports-largest-one-week-increase-in-swine-flu-deaths-of-children-now-at-114-212868/">CDC reports largest one-week increase in swine flu deaths of children; now at 114</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>WHO experts say single dose of swine flu vaccine enough in adults, older children</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:42:17 +0000</pubDate>
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WHO experts: Single dose swine flu vaccine enough

GENEVA — A single dose of swine flu vaccine is enough to immunize adults and children over 10 against the pandemic strain, the World Health Organization said Friday.
The global body&#8217;s expert group — known as SAGE — said that while more data on children between 6 months and .... Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/who-experts-say-single-dose-of-swine-flu-vaccine-enough-in-adults-older-children-212398/">WHO experts say single dose of swine flu vaccine enough in adults, older children</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Controversy over flu vaccine as Dutch scientists say kids should skip it, but others disagree</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:05:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria Cheng</dc:creator>
		
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Dutch scientists: Kids should skip flu vaccine

LONDON — Dutch scientists ignited a controversy Friday by suggesting that children would be better off skipping the seasonal flu vaccine this year — a proposal flatly rejected by other health experts.
Their commentary, based largely on animal studies, was published online Friday in the British medical journal Lancet Infectious  [..] <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/controversy-over-flu-vaccine-as-dutch-scientists-say-kids-should-skip-it-but-others-disagree-211928/">Read the original article: here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Health experts reject Dutch scientists&#8217; suggestion that kids should skip seasonal flu shot</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:05:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria Cheng</dc:creator>
		
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Health experts: Kids should get seasonal flu shot

LONDON — Dutch scientists made a controversial suggestion Friday that children might be better off skipping the seasonal flu vaccine this year — a proposal flatly rejected by other health experts.
Their commentary, based largely on animal studies, was published online Friday in the British medical journal Lancet Infectious ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/health-experts-reject-dutch-scientists-suggestion-that-kids-should-skip-seasonal-flu-shot-211927/">Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : Health experts reject Dutch scientists&#8217; suggestion that kids should skip seasonal flu shot</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>WHO says swine flu deaths rise to nearly 5,000 worldwide</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:56:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[GENEVA — Nearly 5,000 people have reportedly died from swine flu since it emerged this year and developed into a global epidemic, the World Health Organization said Friday.

Since most countries have stopped counting individual swine flu cases, the figure is considered an underestimate.
WHO said there were 4,999 total deaths through Oct. 18, most of them ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/who-says-swine-flu-deaths-rise-to-nearly-5000-worldwide-204879/" title="WHO says swine flu deaths rise to nearly 5,000 worldwide">&raquo;&raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Senate sends Obama agriculture spending bill boosting aid to dairy farmers, food stamp program</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:32:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Dairy farmers suffering from low milk prices would benefit from $350 million in emergency funding approved by the Senate on Thursday as it cleared a $121 billion agriculture spending bill for President Barack Obama&#8217;s signature.

The bill also delivers a record $58.2 billion for the food stamp program, which when combined with benefit increases ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/senate-sends-obama-agriculture-spending-bill-boosting-aid-to-dairy-farmers-food-stamp-program-190973/" title="Senate sends Obama agriculture spending bill boosting aid to dairy farmers, food stamp program">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Nutrition, food stamp, dairy programs among winners in spending bill</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 22:24:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Nutrition, food stamp and dairy aid programs were among the winners as the House on Wednesday approved a $121 billion agriculture spending bill for the 2010 budget year.

Reflecting the growing number of people scrambling to get by in tough economic times, the bill provides $58.2 billion for the food stamp program, a jump ... Original article on  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/nutrition-food-stamp-dairy-programs-among-winners-in-spending-bill-189923/">Nutrition, food stamp, dairy programs among winners in spending bill</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Many low-income children still can&#8217;t find dental care despite Medicaid improvements</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:48:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ann Sanner</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Two years after a 12-year-old Maryland boy died from an untreated tooth infection, low-income kids continue to face barriers to dental care despite state and federal efforts to improve access, government investigators said Wednesday.

&#8220;The bottom line: Children&#8217;s access to Medicaid dental services has been improving but remains low,&#8221; said Katherine Iritani, health care .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/many-low-income-children-still-cant-find-dental-care-despite-medicaid-improvements-189670/">Original source &nbsp;: Many low-income children still can&#8217;t find dental care despite Medicaid improvements</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>1 in 100 US children has Autism : Government Study</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 04:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carla K. Johnson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Government finds higher autism figure: 1 in 100

CHICAGO — Two new government studies indicate about 1 in 100 children have autism disorders — higher than a previous U.S. estimate of 1 in 150.
Greater awareness, broader definitions and spotting autism in younger children may explain some of the increase, federal health officials said.
&#8220;The concern here is .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/2-government-studies-find-autism-disorders-in-1-in-100-us-children-186791/">Read the original article &nbsp;: 1 in 100 US children has Autism : Government Study</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Schwarzenegger signs bill to prevent low-income Calif. kids from losing health coverage</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:54:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed a bill that will prevent nearly 700,000 low-income children from losing health insurance.

Schwarzenegger signed the bipartisan bill Tuesday in the state Capitol restoring funding to the state&#8217;s Healthy Families program, a government-funded health insurance plan for children from low-income families.
The governor and lawmakers slashed funding for the .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/schwarzenegger-signs-bill-to-prevent-low-income-calif-kids-from-losing-health-coverage-175820/">Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Schwarzenegger signs bill to prevent low-income Calif. kids from losing health coverage</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Multinationals selling baby formula in Vietnam break milk law meant to promote breastfeeding</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 15:12:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HANOI, Vietnam — Multinational companies in Vietnam sell baby formula so aggressively that they routinely stretch and sometimes break laws designed to promote breastfeeding, an AP investigation has found.

International guidelines and Vietnamese law recognize breast milk as superior to formula for an infant&#8217;s health. Yet dozens of interviews with mothers, doctors, health officials and shopkeepers .... Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/multinationals-selling-baby-formula-in-vietnam-break-milk-law-meant-to-promote-breastfeeding-173203/">Multinationals selling baby formula in Vietnam break milk law meant to promote breastfeeding</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Singer Paul Simon tries to lend a little harmony to raucous health care debate</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:22:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Singer-songwriter Paul Simon tried to lend a little harmony to the raucous health care debate Wednesday by pushing for a health care overhaul with Democratic leaders of Congress.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid couldn&#8217;t resist musical references in the appearance with the popular performer who advocates improving health care for children.
&#8220;If there were ever .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/singer-paul-simon-tries-to-lend-a-little-harmony-to-raucous-health-care-debate-170413/">Source &nbsp;: Singer Paul Simon tries to lend a little harmony to raucous health care debate</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>National commission makes first round of recommendations to help children during disasters</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:13:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen Sullivan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — A national commission focused on children&#8217;s needs is calling for first responders to carry medical equipment and supplies suited for kids.

The panel also wants federal dollars to pay for restoring childcare facilities destroyed during disasters.
The recommendations came in the first of two reports from the congressionally mandated National Commission on Children and Disasters, ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/national-commission-makes-first-round-of-recommendations-to-help-children-during-disasters-169452/">Read : National commission makes first round of recommendations to help children during disasters</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Parents warn that disabled kids face rationing, but advocates say services would improve</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:23:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — A group of parents who oppose President Barack Obama&#8217;s plan for revamping health care said Tuesday it would lead to rationing for children with life-threatening disabilities. National advocates for the disabled immediately rejected the claim that echoed this summer&#8217;s dispute over &#8220;death panels.&#8221;

The parents voiced their concerns at a news conference in front .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/parents-warn-that-disabled-kids-face-rationing-but-advocates-say-services-would-improve-169386/" title="Parents warn that disabled kids face rationing, but advocates say services would improve">Source &nbsp;: Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Number of uninsured rise to 46.3 million; poverty rate hits 13.2 percent, an 11-year high</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:54:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hope Yen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The number of Americans without health insurance rose to 46.3 million last year as people began losing jobs and coverage in the current recession. The poverty rate hit 13.2 percent, an 11-year high.

The Census Bureau&#8217;s annual report released Thursday offers a snapshot of the economic well-being of American households for 2008, the first ... Read : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/number-of-uninsured-rise-to-463-million-poverty-rate-hits-132-percent-an-11-year-high-164864/">Number of uninsured rise to 46.3 million; poverty rate hits 13.2 percent, an 11-year high</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>In Pakistan&#8217;s Swat, officials resume polio vaccination for children, once banned by Taliban</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:18:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Asif Shahzad</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD — Authorities in Pakistan&#8217;s Swat Valley have resumed vaccinating children for polio, an act once banned by Taliban militants, now beaten back by an army offensive.

The last vaccinations were administered nearly a year ago, an official said Tuesday.
The Islamist militants, who began spreading their reign in the valley in 2007, had declared that vaccinating  [..] <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/in-pakistans-swat-officials-resume-polio-vaccination-for-children-once-banned-by-taliban-162388/">Read the original article: here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Nearly 1 in 5 older Americans believed to be in poverty _ almost double the official rate</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 07:12:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hope Yen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The poverty rate among older Americans could be nearly twice as high as the traditional 10 percent level, according to a revision of a half-century-old formula for calculating medical costs and geographic variations in the cost of living.

The National Academy of Science&#8217;s formula, which is gaining credibility with public officials including some in ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/nearly-1-in-5-older-americans-believed-to-be-in-poverty-_-almost-double-the-official-rate-159464/">Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : Nearly 1 in 5 older Americans believed to be in poverty _ almost double the official rate</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>US youth fare poorly in OECD survey of childhood welfare, despite above-average spending</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:10:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Keller</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PARIS — American youths suffer among the industrialized world&#8217;s worst rates of infant mortality, teenage pregnancy and child poverty, even though the United States spends more per child than better-performing countries such as Switzerland, Japan and the Netherlands, a new survey indicates.

The OECD, a Paris-based watchdog of industrialized nations, urged the U.S. to shift more ... Original source on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-youth-fare-poorly-in-oecd-survey-of-childhood-welfare-despite-above-average-spending-156270/">US youth fare poorly in OECD survey of childhood welfare, despite above-average spending</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>US fares poorly in OECD survey of childhood welfare, despite above-average spending</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:10:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Keller</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PARIS — America has some of the industrial world&#8217;s worst rates of infant mortality, teenage pregnancy and child poverty, even though it spends more per child than better-performing countries such as Switzerland, Japan and the Netherlands, a new survey indicates.

The OECD, a Paris-based watchdog of industrialized nations, urged the United States to shift more of .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-fares-poorly-in-oecd-survey-of-childhood-welfare-despite-above-average-spending-156325/">Read the original article &nbsp;: US fares poorly in OECD survey of childhood welfare, despite above-average spending</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Report: Communities should make it easier for families to make fat-fighting healthy choices</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 12:01:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lauran Neergaard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Where you live matters when it comes to children&#8217;s waistlines, says a report that finds lots of options localities could and should use to fight child obesity — from easy bike paths, to luring healthier stores, to taxes on junk food.

Yes, whether you snack on a carrot or a doughnut is a personal  [..] <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/report-communities-should-make-it-easier-for-families-to-make-fat-fighting-healthy-choices-155832/">Read the original article: here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Swine flu basics: Who&#8217;s at risk, when to expect shots _ and by the way, pork&#8217;s OK</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 12:01:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Stobbe</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ATLANTA — Since it first emerged in April, the global swine flu epidemic has sickened more than 1 million Americans and killed about 500. It&#8217;s also spread around the world, infecting tens of thousands and killing nearly 2,000.

This summer, the virus has been surprisingly tenacious in the U.S., refusing to fade away as flu viruses ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/swine-flu-basics-whos-at-risk-when-to-expect-shots-_-and-by-the-way-porks-ok-155829/" title="Swine flu basics: Who&#8217;s at risk, when to expect shots _ and by the way, pork&#8217;s OK">Read more >></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Nation girding for fall&#8217;s return of swine flu and a surprisingly younger face of influenza</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 22:10:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lauran Neergaard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The alarm sounded with two sneezy children in California in April. Just five months later, the never-before-seen swine flu has become the world&#8217;s dominant strain of influenza, and it&#8217;s putting a shockingly younger face on flu.

So get ready. With flu&#8217;s favorite chilly weather fast approaching, we&#8217;re going to be a sick nation this ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/nation-girding-for-falls-return-of-swine-flu-and-a-surprisingly-younger-face-of-influenza-154354/">Read : Nation girding for fall&#8217;s return of swine flu and a surprisingly younger face of influenza</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Camp for military children gives them place to talk about the stress of a parent gone to war</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:02:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kimberly Hefling</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[FOMBELL, Pa. — Thirteen-year-old David Rojas didn&#8217;t tell his mother how terribly he missed her while she was on Navy deployments to the Middle East, because he worried it would upset her.

Knowing her mother is under stress, Shania Jones, 10, does extra chores to help with her younger brother and sister while her dad&#8217;s away .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/camp-for-military-children-gives-them-place-to-talk-about-the-stress-of-a-parent-gone-to-war-151993/">Camp for military children gives them place to talk about the stress of a parent gone to war</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Teen trippin&#8217; on ADHD drugs can be a real downer; study finds surge in calls to poison centers</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:02:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lindsey Tanner</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO — Calls to poison control centers about teens abusing attention-deficit drugs soared 76 percent over eight years, sobering evidence about the dangerous consequences of prescription misuse, a study shows.

The calls were from worried parents, emergency room doctors and others seeking advice on how to deal with the problem, which can be deadly. Four deaths .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/teen-trippin-on-adhd-drugs-can-be-a-real-downer-study-finds-surge-in-calls-to-poison-centers-147975/">Teen trippin&#8217; on ADHD drugs can be a real downer; study finds surge in calls to poison centers</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>WHO: Healthy people who get swine flu don&#8217;t need Tamiflu; drug for young, old, pregnant</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 19:53:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria Cheng</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON — The World Health Organization said Friday that Tamiflu should only be given to particularly vulnerable people — a warning to countries like Britain where the swine flu drug is being handed out freely.

WHO previously said it was up to doctors to decide who should get Tamiflu. On Friday, the U.N. agency said healthy  [..] <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/who-healthy-people-who-get-swine-flu-dont-need-tamiflu-drug-for-young-old-pregnant-146056/">Read the original article: here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>WHO: Regular people with swine flu don&#8217;t need Tamiflu; drug should be for young, old, pregnant</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 19:38:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria Cheng</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON — Healthy people who catch swine flu do not need antivirals like Tamiflu, but the young, the old and the pregnant surely do, the World Health Organization declared Friday in new advice to doctors.

The U.N. health agency said people who are otherwise healthy with mild to moderate cases of swine flu or regular flu .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/who-regular-people-with-swine-flu-dont-need-tamiflu-drug-should-be-for-young-old-pregnant-146034/" title="WHO: Regular people with swine flu don&#8217;t need Tamiflu; drug should be for young, old, pregnant">Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>AP ENTERPRISE: Hundreds of schools already planning swine flu shots, to help keep doors open</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 20:28:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Libby Quaid</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Hundreds of schools are heeding the government&#8217;s call to set up flu-shot clinics this fall, preparing for what could be the most widespread school vaccinations since the days of polio.

An Associated Press review of swine flu planning suggests there are nearly 3 million students in districts where officials want to offer the vaccine  [..] <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ap-enterprise-hundreds-of-schools-already-planning-swine-flu-shots-to-help-keep-doors-open-141109/">Read the original article: here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Nigeria&#8217;s polio outbreak proves viruses in the vaccine can mutate into a more dangerous form</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 21:07:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria Cheng</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON — Polio, the dreaded paralyzing disease stamped out in the industrialized world, is spreading in Nigeria. And health officials say in some cases, it&#8217;s caused by the vaccine used to fight it.

In July, the World Health Organization issued a warning that this vaccine-spread virus might extend beyond Africa. So far, 124 Nigerian children have .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/nigerias-polio-outbreak-proves-viruses-in-the-vaccine-can-mutate-into-a-more-dangerous-form-139736/">Original source &nbsp;: Nigeria&#8217;s polio outbreak proves viruses in the vaccine can mutate into a more dangerous form</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>New US policy for tuberculosis testing could disrupt adoptions from China, Ethiopia</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 05:26:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Crary</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK —Advocates of international adoption are furious over a new federal policy related to tuberculosis testing that could disrupt plans for families adopting children from China and Ethiopia.

The policy already has forced one distraught couple from Virginia, Jay Scruggs and Candace Litchford, to leave China without the daughter they had spent two weeks bonding .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/new-us-policy-for-tuberculosis-testing-could-disrupt-adoptions-from-china-ethiopia-135971/">New US policy for tuberculosis testing could disrupt adoptions from China, Ethiopia</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>No need to close many schools for swine flu, US says _ and sick kids can come back sooner</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 03:55:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Libby Quaid</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Don&#8217;t panic, schools.

The government is urging school officials to stay calm when swine flu strikes this fall, closing buildings only in drastic cases and allowing sick students to return as soon as 24 hours after their fever is gone.
States and schools should also be planning now for the possibility of schoolwide vaccinations beginning .... Original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/no-need-to-close-many-schools-for-swine-flu-us-says-_-and-sick-kids-can-come-back-sooner-133943/">No need to close many schools for swine flu, US says _ and sick kids can come back sooner</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Government seeks calmer response to swine flu in schools this fall</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 21:58:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Libby Quaid</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The government said Friday that schools should only close this fall if large numbers of students have swine flu, and could allow their sick kids to return 24 hours after a fever is gone.

The decision on closing rests with local school officials, but they have been looking to the federal government for advice .... Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/government-seeks-calmer-response-to-swine-flu-in-schools-this-fall-133602/">Government seeks calmer response to swine flu in schools this fall</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Education Sec&#8217;y Duncan says efforts to contain spread of swine flu virus will focus on schools</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 19:13:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Education Secretary Arne Duncan says the nation&#8217;s schools will be a focal point of efforts to protect this fall against the spread of the swine flu virus.

Interviewed Friday morning on CBS&#8217;s &#8220;The Early Show,&#8221; Duncan said people should expect a &#8220;tiered response&#8221; from the federal government to any escalation in the number of .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/education-secy-duncan-says-efforts-to-contain-spread-of-swine-flu-virus-will-focus-on-schools-133487/">Education Sec&#8217;y Duncan says efforts to contain spread of swine flu virus will focus on schools</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Government to advise schools on what to do when swine flu strikes</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 04:01:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Libby Quaid</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Swine flu is expected to return when kids go back to school, and the government is hoping its new advice on when to shut down schools during an outbreak will prevent the panic and confusion that led to hundreds of school closures last spring.

The government was to issue new guidance Friday for schools ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/government-to-advise-schools-on-what-to-do-when-swine-flu-strikes-132876/">Read : Government to advise schools on what to do when swine flu strikes</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>In US for medical care, Afghan children lay down the surnames that can make them take up arms</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 17:33:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alysia Patterson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MOORESVILLE, N.C. — When they step off the plane, the sick and injured Afghan children shed their surnames, stripping themselves of a label that often carries tribal or religious implications and enabling them to form friendships most once thought impossible.

Friendships with children from other tribes and faiths, children they might otherwise grow up to fight.
And .... Source article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/in-us-for-medical-care-afghan-children-lay-down-the-surnames-that-can-make-them-take-up-arms-129943/">In US for medical care, Afghan children lay down the surnames that can make them take up arms</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>HEALTHBEAT: Rare athlete deaths, confusion spur work to better test, explain sickle cell trait</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 04:23:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lauran Neergaard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Thousands of families carry the gene that causes sickle cell disease and don&#8217;t know it — even though almost every newborn today is tested for what&#8217;s called &#8220;sickle cell trait,&#8221; and starting this summer more college athletes are getting tested, too.

Spurred in part by rare but tragic collapses of athletes from overexertion, work ... Original source on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/healthbeat-rare-athlete-deaths-confusion-spur-work-to-better-test-explain-sickle-cell-trait-129440/">HEALTHBEAT: Rare athlete deaths, confusion spur work to better test, explain sickle cell trait</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Indian rights activist blast ritual where babies are dropped from roof and caught in sheets</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 19:18:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nirmala George</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI — Rights activists lashed out at local officials who allowed hundreds of infants to be dropped from the roof of a mosque in western India in the belief that the fall — which ends when the babies are caught in a bedsheet — would ensure good health and prosperity for their families.

The ritual .... Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/indian-rights-activist-blast-ritual-where-babies-are-dropped-from-roof-and-caught-in-sheets-126526/">Indian rights activist blast ritual where babies are dropped from roof and caught in sheets</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Study: UN program designed to save children in Bangladesh didn&#8217;t work</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 07:07:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria Cheng</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON — The U.N. unveiled a multimillion dollar strategy a dozen years ago to save children worldwide, but a new study has found the program had surprisingly little effect in Bangladesh, one of the world&#8217;s poorest countries.

Since 1997, more than 100 countries have adopted the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness Program, designed by the World ... Read more : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/study-un-program-designed-to-save-children-in-bangladesh-didnt-work-126034/">Study: UN program designed to save children in Bangladesh didn&#8217;t work</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Pregnant women may be among first to get swine flu shots; they account for 6 pct of deaths</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:47:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Stobbe</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ATLANTA — Swine flu has been hitting pregnant women unusually hard, so they are likely to be among the first group advised to get a new swine flu shot this fall.

Pregnant women account for 6 percent of U.S. swine flu deaths since the pandemic began in April, even though they make up just 1 percent .... Original source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/pregnant-women-may-be-among-first-to-get-swine-flu-shots-they-account-for-6-pct-of-deaths-122686/">Pregnant women may be among first to get swine flu shots; they account for 6 pct of deaths</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Deal to close Calif. deficit shapes up as a temporary fix, unlikely to solve fiscal crisis</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 06:35:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Samantha Young</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California&#8217;s deal to close its $26 billion budget gap may end up doing what Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger had hoped to avoid: kicking the state&#8217;s problems down the road.

Despite deep cuts to education and social programs, the deal struck late Monday is filled with assumptions and accounting gimmicks. Combined with a persistent recession, .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/deal-to-close-calif-deficit-shapes-up-as-a-temporary-fix-unlikely-to-solve-fiscal-crisis-116600/" title="Deal to close Calif. deficit shapes up as a temporary fix, unlikely to solve fiscal crisis">Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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