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...While around 95% of these fatal accidents occur in developing countries, unintentional injuries account for 40% of child deaths in the developed world as well. The report suggests that the number of deaths could be cut in half if proven prevention methods such as helmet and seat-belt laws were more widely adopted...
...certain age, this is a familiar tale. Once booming industrial centers were laid low in the 1970s by the one-two punch of recession and increasing competition from Asia. Detroit shed almost 40% of its industrial jobs in the '70s alone. Many cities - rust belt towns in America's east and Midwest in particular - still face the huge challenge of reinvention. But there are lessons to be learned from places that have been through this before and the authors of a new British guide argue that U.S. cities would do well to look to Europe for some tips. (See pictures...
...million each year who are injured but survive. In the developed world, most victims are passengers in vehicles; in the developing world, they're pedestrians or bicyclists. The WHO recommends seven commonsense measures to reduce the toll, including stronger minimum-drinking-age laws; establishing and enforcing seat-belt, child-restraint and helmet laws; and reducing speed limits around schools, residential neighborhoods and play areas...
While a global financial crisis underscores the vulnerability of the University’s coffers, “belt-tightening” has become an administrative catchphrase—but departmental leaders say that confusion over the precise nature and extent of cuts will remain until top administrators offer more specific information...
...Medical School joins the Faculty of Arts and Sciences as the only other of the University’s 12 schools to announce publicly across-the-board, belt-tightening measures. FAS administrators instituted a hiring freeze on all staff positions in late November...