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...more immediate danger was the threat of secondary infections. The ER was the filthiest I have ever encountered. The floor was littered with medical debris--old bloodstained bandages, syringes, broken vials. The garbage bins had no plastic liners and were spattered with coagulated blood, gobs of spit and other fluids. Sweepers came through every hour with dirty mops and pails of brown disinfectant, but their halfhearted labor was quickly overwhelmed by the sheer numbers of patients and visitors. Nobody paid any attention to the NO SMOKING sign, not even the doctors and nurses. Broken windows allowed dust to enter...
...does not mean nonexistent, and the parents of a lot of at-risk kids are doing nothing to reduce the danger. Ninety-two percent of U.S. children ages 19 months to 35 months receive three or more doses of polio vaccine, but those numbers aren't distributed evenly. Up to 2.1 million children in that age group may be either undervaccinated or entirely unvaccinated each year. Many come from poor or uninsured families with no access to health care or health information. Others are on the opposite end of the demographic arc--well-educated and comparatively wealthy Americans...
Trailing 5-2 late in the second quarter and in danger of letting the game get out of hand, the Crimson rallied. Junior attackman Steve Cohen tallied while Harvard was on man-up with just under three minutes remaining, and tri-captain attackman Mike McBride narrowed the margin to one by scoring a goal—the 60th of his brilliant collegiate career—with just one second remaining before halftime...
Roma in Kosovo are in danger from a deadly combination of a toxic environment and bureaucratic stalemate. In November 1999, in the aftermath of the war in Kosovo, about 200 Roma, driven from their homes by ethnic Albanian extremists, were placed in refugee camps near Trepca, one of the largest lead-and-zinc mines in Europe. Last June, the World Health Organization (WHO) conducted blood tests on 75 Roma adults and children in the camps; 44 proved to be massively contaminated by lead. The camps have still not been evacuated. Refugees live "the life of animals," says Agron Qosa...
Coulter represents the "Ugly American" in a little black dress. Whether she truly believes her shrill rhetoric or is simply opportunistic, there are legions who base their opinions on what she says. Your article ignored the danger of her racist and extremist ranting and gave her undeserved credibility...