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• Neb. lawmakers OK 'safe haven' age limit
Over the next 40 days, they'll work with child welfare experts, mental health specialists, hospital officials and others. 'Crisis with older children' "What surfaced was not really what we had intended ... we have a crisis with older children," said ...
• WHO: 294 cholera deaths in Zimbabwe
HARARE, Zimbabwe - The World Health Organization said Friday that 294 people have died from a cholera outbreak exacerbated by the country's collapsing health care system. WHO spokeswoman Fadela Chaib said that a total 6,072 cases had been reported ...
• AIDS official blasts Russia as infections rise
Starting in 2006, the government — enriched with oil-boom proceeds — exponentially increased funding for the battle against AIDS as part of a push to improve health care and stem Russia's population decline. The government says budget spending ...
• Urban growers go high-tech to feed city diners
Long a niche technology existing in the shadow of conventional growing methods, hydroponics is getting a second look from university researchers and public health advocates. Supporters point to the environmental cost of trucking produce from farms to ...
• Mad cow prevention could add to pollution
LITITZ, Pa. - A federal regulation aimed at preventing mad cow disease from getting into the food supply could create health risks of its own: many thousands of cattle carcasses rotting on farms, spreading germs, attracting vermin and polluting the ...