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...Cuba does hold the 25th lowest infant mortality rate (a useful indicator of public health care) in the world, but prior to the revolution it held the 13th lowest rate. The reforms that were enacted after the revolution were only extended insofar as they helped Castro consolidate his control over the island. Doctors, for example, are expected to keep records of each family’s “political integration,” assessing their patient’s commitment to the failed ideals of the revolution prior to treating them...
...measured by size alone, the Spanish family has seen better days: until 1996 Spain had the lowest fertility rate in Europe. The rate has actually started to inch back upward, from a low of 1.16 live births per woman in 1996 to 1.38 in 2006. That minor uptick is linked to larger immigrant families, but also to children of Spain's early-1970s baby boom starting to have kids of their own. It's not enough, though, to maintain the population level, so Parliament last year approved a $3,700 "baby bonus" subsidy for each child born...
...study to be applied to hip protectors in general. Robert L. Hernandez, who is representing HipSaver, described Kiel’s article as “disparaging” and “grandiose.” “The question is, can someone testing the lowest end of a relatively new product conclude that all designs are poor?” Hernandez said. Both Kiel and a spokesman for the peer-reviewed journal, one of the world’s leading medical publications, declined to comment. Studies in the past have shown conflicting results as to the effectiveness...
...both raised and spent the most money for his campaign, with $70,120 in receipts and $63,218 in expenditures. Reeves could not be reached for comment. At the other end of the spectrum, Councillor Craig A. Kelley’s $ 26,295 in expenditures were the lowest among elected councillors. “What I am good at is keeping up with people during the year,” said Kelley. School Committee member Marc C. McGovern, who spent $23,637—more than any other member to secure his seat—said the discrepancy between council...
...deeply concerned about something else: what kind of country has just been created, and what kind of life its citizens will have. Kosovo holds three European records: it has the highest unemployment, the worst infant-mortality rate and the lowest living standards on the Continent. The latest Human Rights Watch report chronicles widespread oppression and discrimination of non-Albanian ethnic minorities - Serbs, Turks and Roma - along with organized crime, rampant corruption and a dysfunctional justice system...