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Amusement Rides in U.S. Injure 4,400 Kids a Year: Injuries Higher on 'Fixed' Rides
May 1, 2013 On average, a child is treated in an emergency department every other hour in the US for injuries on amusement rides, according to the first national study to examine those types of accidents in ... > full story -
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HIV-Infected Children: Less-Used Regimen Is More Effective for Children in Low-Resource Settings
April 30, 2013 Researchers find better outcomes for efavirenz over nevirapine in children over age ... > full story -
Agencies Should Use Common Approach to Evaluate Risks Pesticides Pose to Endangered Species
April 30, 2013 When determining the potential effects pesticides could pose to endangered or threatened species, the US Environmental Protection Agency, National Marine Fisheries Service, and Fish and Wildlife ... > full story -
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Shifting the Burden of Recycling
April 30, 2013 Over the past two decades governments around the world have been experimenting with a new strategy for managing waste. By making producers responsible for their products when they become wastes, ... > full story -
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Twitter for Crisis Communication: Study Shows Benefits for the Police
April 30, 2013 A study shows how the police can use social media in crisis in order to promptly communicate with affected residents. Scientists analyzed 6672 Twitter messages exchanged between the population and ... > full story -
U. S. Has Surprisingly Large Reservoir of Crop Plant Diversity
April 29, 2013 North America isn’t known as a hotspot for crop plant diversity, yet a new inventory has uncovered nearly 4,600 wild relatives of crop plants in the United States, including close relatives of ... > full story -
Extreme Political Attitudes May Stem from an Illusion of Understanding
April 29, 2013 Having to explain how a political policy works leads people to express less extreme attitudes toward the policy, according to new ... > full story -
Analysis: U.S. Emergency Care Cost Estimates Are Too Low
April 29, 2013 US emergency care costs may be more than twice previously published estimates, according to a new analysis that critiques those estimates, argues for improved accounting, and suggests considering the ... > full story -
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The Politics of Climate Change
April 29, 2013 US residents who believe in the scientific consensus on global warming are more likely to support government action to curb emissions, regardless of whether they are Republican or Democrat, according ... > full story -
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U.S. Health Insurance Survey: 84 Million People Were Uninsured for a Time or Underinsured in 2012
April 26, 2013 84 million people -- nearly half of working-age US adults -- went without health insurance for a time last year or had out-of-pocket costs that were so high relative to income they were considered ... > full story
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