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Kenya launches universal HPV vaccine access to youths

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

africanews.com - By George Okore - May. 18 (News Report) - As the world celebrates the Cervical Cancer Week, Kenya has taken a leap of faith by launching universal distribution of Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine, expected to treat cervical cancer- the most dangerous disease among womenfolk worldwide.

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Austerity Kills: How Harsh Budget Cuts Increase Suicide, Infant Mortality, HIV Infections

Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

AlterNet - By Alex Kane - May. 13 (Review) - Austerity doesn’t just hurt economies--it contributes to rising suicide rates, infant mortality and H.I.V. infections. That’s the message of a New York Times Op-Ed written by David Stuckler and Sanjay Basu, authors of a new book titled The Body Economic: Why Austerity Kills.

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Op-Ed Columnist: In the Boy Scouts’ Gay Debate, Religion Beyond the Right

Tue, 07 May 2013 01:06:00 -0700

New York Times - By By FRANK BRUNI - May. 07 (Opinion) - As the Boy Scouts of America reassesses its ban on gay scouts and leaders, we’re hearing a lot about the organization’s need to remain sensitive to people whose religions condemn homosexual behavior.

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Somalia Famine Killed 133,000 Children Under The Age Of 5

Thu, 02 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Jason Straziuso - May. 02 (News Report) - A decision by extremist Islamic militants to ban delivery of food aid and a "normalization of crisis" that numbed international donors to unfolding disaster made south-central Somalia the most dangerous place in the world to be a child in 2011. The first in-depth study of famine deaths in Somalia in 2011 was released Thursday, and it estimates that 133,000 children under age 5 died, with child death rates approaching 20 percent in some communities.

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Drug Agency Lowers Age For Next-Day Birth Control

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Pam Belluck - Apr. 30 (News) - The Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday that it would make the most widely known morning-after pill available without a prescription to girls and women ages 15 and older, and also make the pill available on drugstore shelves, instead of keeping it locked up behind pharmacy counters.

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Texas college stabbing: 14 injured, 2 in critical condition

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

CNN - By Joe Sutton. Chandler Friedman, Catherine E. Shoichet - Apr. 09 (News Report) - Maya Khalil was shocked when she saw victims bleeding on the ground. Moments before, the 19-year-old had been in class at the Lone Star College's CyFair campus outside Houston, Texas. But after leaving class, Khalil watched her college campus turn into a crime scene on Tuesday.

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Warren's son lost in 'wave of despair'

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

CNN - By Alan Duke - Apr. 08 (Special Report) - The weekend's sermon at Saddleback Church was "Surviving Tough Times," a theme Pastor Rick Warren planned before his youngest son killed himself with a gun Friday.

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Almost third of US West Coast newborns hit with thyroid problems after Fukushima nuclear disaster

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

rt.com - Apr. 03 (News Report) - Researchers have discovered that the Fukushima nuclear disaster has had far-reaching health effects more drastic than previously thought: young children born on the US West Coast are 28 percent more likely to develop congenital hyperthyroidism. In examin

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Teaching the Value of a Dollar - New York Times

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - Apr. 02 (Opinion) - Should children receive an allowance? Should parents encourage teenagers to get jobs?

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Spring Break Alert: 'Black' Henna Tattoos May Not Be Safe

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0700

All Things Considered - Mar. 26 (News) - Henna tattoos have become a popular beach souvenir and tween fashion accessory. But some are made not with the henna plant, but with a chemical that can cause a painful allergic reaction, the Food and Drug Administration warns.

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Ten Years Later, U.S. Has Left Iraq with Mass Displacement & Epidemic of Birth Defects, Cancers

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Democracy Now - By Dahr Jamail - Mar. 20 (Special Report) - Al Jazeera reporter Dahr Jamail discusses how the U.S. invasion of Iraq has left behind a legacy of cancer and birth defects suspected of being caused by the U.S. military’s extensive use of depleted uranium and white phosphorus. Noting the birth defects in the Iraqi city of Fallujah, Jamail says: "They’re extremely hard to bear witness to. But it’s something that we all need to pay attention to ... What this has generated is, from 2004 up to this day, we are seeing a rate of congenital malformations in the city of Fallujah that has surpassed even that in the wake of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki that nuclear bombs were dropped on at the end of World War II."

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Steubenville, Ohio, Football Players Convicted in Rape Trial

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0700

ABC News - By Christina Ng - Mar. 18 (News Report) - Two Steubenville, Ohio, high school football players accused of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl have been found delinquent by a judge -- the juvenile court equivalent of guilty.

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Seepage from an Aging Nuclear Site

Sun, 03 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0800

Consortium News - By Gina Mason - Mar. 03 (News Report) - Living with radiation sickness is not on my bucket list, and I would hazard that it isn’t on yours either. Nor is it what I have in mind for my children’s future. Yet our government continues to manufacture nuclear materials and unsafely store radioactive waste in clear violation of the public trust.

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Sat, 02 Mar 2013 10:29:40 -0800

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Florida’s School-to-Prison Pipeline is Largest in the Nation

Sat, 16 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0800

AlterNet - By Julianne Hing - Feb. 16 (Special Report) - in Florida, more than any other state, that schoolyard fight can lead to the student’s arrest and even felony charges. Last year 12,000 students were arrested 13,870 times in Florida public schools, the Orlando Sentinel reported. The arrests are meted out unevenly. Black students are just 21 percent of Florida youth, but make up 46 percent of all school-related referrals to law enforcement, according to the Sun Sentinel

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In Montana, Young, Liberal and Open to Big Government

Mon, 11 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG - Feb. 11 (Special Report) - This funky college town, nestled along two rivers where five mountain ranges converge, has long been a liberal pocket, an isolated speck of blue in a deeply red state.

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Millennials feel more stress than older generations, study says

Sat, 09 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0800

Los Angeles Times - By Shan Li - Feb. 09 (Research) - With decades ahead of them in the job market, more than half of millennials stay awake at night chewing over all manner of worries, according to a study. Those 18- to 33-yeas-olds actually stress out more than older generations, the American Psychological Assn. concluded in its new study.

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Gay brothers call for end to Boy Scouts ban

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0800

BBC News - Feb. 07 (Special Report) - Brothers Lucien and Pascal Tessier are proud members of the Boy Scouts of America. They are also gay. Following in the footsteps of their dad Oliver, a Life Scout, and mother Tracie, a former scout committee chair, the two brothers have spent the bulk of their young lives committed to the values of the scout tradition: loyalty, honesty and personal accountability.

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India vs. China vs. Egypt

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Thomas L. Friedman - Feb. 06 (Opinion) - Which one will thrive the most in the 21st century? The race is on.

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What’s behind the explosion of native activism? Young people

Tue, 22 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0800

Globe and Mail - By Joe Friesen - Jan. 22 (Special Report) - Erica Lee is a 22-year-old Cree woman raised by a single mother in a rough part of town. She’s the first of her family to finish high school, the first to go to university and, as an organizer of the Idle No More movement, she represents a sea change in Canadian life and politics.

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Jobs Compete With College in Montana Oil Country

Wed, 26 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Jack Healy - Dec. 26 (Special Report) - Salaries of $50,000 a year have lured many high school seniors away from higher education amid the frenzied pace of oil and gas drilling.

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Op-Ed Contributor: The Challenge of Muslim Youth

Fri, 14 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By By NAJIB RAZAK - Dec. 14 (Opinion) - We risk losing a generation of young Muslims to apathy and extremism.

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Finland's educational success story: Less testing, more trusting

Thu, 15 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0800

seattletimes.com - By Linda Shaw - Nov. 15 (News Report) - Finland, in other words, has become an education star by doing the opposite of what's happening in many U.S. schools and school districts,

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On Election Night, Young People Tune In to See Their Impact

Wed, 07 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0800

New America Media - By Anna Challet - Nov. 07 (News Report) - As election results rolled in Tuesday night, young and first-time voters from schools throughout the Bay Area tuned in to see if their activism had made a difference.

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SKorea’s secret: Runaway teen prostitution

Wed, 07 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0800

aljazeera.com - Nov. 07 (Special Report) - South Korea is paying a high price for its rigorous education system - a major reason for its economic success - with teenagers increasingly turning to prostitution after fleeing home to escape academic pressure. An estimated 200,000 youths - at least 60 per cent female teenagers - roam the country's streets. About half have worked as underage prostitutes, according to the latest government figures.

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