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...soon to tell if the increase in 2006 is the beginning of a trend or a blip, but any rise in pregnancy rates among those younger than 20 is a cause for concern - because the statistics surrounding teen mothers are so grim. Two-thirds of single moms are poor. Fewer than half of them finish high school. And only a tiny fraction (2%) of girls who are mothers before their 18th birthday will finish college before their 30th...
Some 800,000 to 1.4 million Americans are currently living with hepatitis B, and 2.7 million to 3.9 million suffer from chronic hepatitis C. Both viruses rank among the world's leading causes of preventable deaths. Hepatitis infection, which attacks the liver, can eventually lead to chronic liver disease or cancer when left unaddressed...
Despite its potential lethality, hepatitis has long been one of public health's forgotten stepchildren. There is very little education about the disease, not only among the general public and policymakers, but also among the at-risk population, health-care providers and social workers. That ignorance is one reason the U.S. government devotes comparatively piddling resources to its prevention, tracking and control. Hepatitis receives a fraction of the funding devoted to HIV/AIDS by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, for example, although it affects three to five times as many Americans. "The people with hepatitis...
...those familiar with congressional rules, would result in a watered-down bill missing key provisions to expand coverage and protect American insurance buyers. Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad explained that “insurance market reforms, all the changes designed to encourage wellness and prevention,” among other things, could still be easily jettisoned because they do not relate directly to deficit reduction, which is the sole goal of reconciliation itself...
...vending machine is currently the only one that stocks pre-paid Crimson Cash cards and also carries a number of school-related supplies. Calculators, tape, note pads, pens, USB drives, and earphones are among the items that can be purchased alongside the pre-paid cards...