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...same, Maynard wanted children, but the man who had summoned her there wasn't interested in starting another family. And he looked on in gathering disgust as Maynard, who was preparing to expand her Times Magazine article into a book, was seduced by the New York publishing and media world he detested. After 10 months together, Salinger abruptly called things...
Despite this, the effects of the media frenzy surrounding Wakefield's research - a study found that MMR was the most written about science topic in the U.K. in 2002 - continue to be felt in Britain. Vaccination rates among toddlers plummeted from over 90% in the mid-1990s to below 70% in some places by 2003. Following this drop, Britain saw an increase in measles cases at a time when the disease had been all but eradicated in many developed countries. In 1998, there were just 56 cases of the disease in England and Wales; by 2008 there were...
...might be easy to forget that just over a week ago, Haiti experienced its largest earthquake in 200 years, resulting in tens of thousands of deaths, hundreds of thousands of injuries and infections, and unthinkable devastation in the capital of Port-au-Prince. The media has already begun to turn its focus to other issues, but we must not forget about Haiti so soon—not again...
...public institutions have adequate resources, tertiary education institutions give Haitians preference in admissions, and that jobs for Haitians are created with the recent influx of aid. One organization that is working with the public sector and will continue to work in Haiti after all of the cameras and news media leave is Partners In Health, an NGO that has been operating in Haiti for 25 years delivering free medical care to the rural poor. Before the earthquake struck on Jan. 12, PIH had more than 100 doctors, 600 nurses, and 4,000 employees on the ground in Haiti working from...
...media withdraws from Haiti, the number of charitable donations will likely decrease. If Haiti is to have enough resources for rebuilding more, wealthy governments will have to make sustained commitments. What is needed is a Marshall Plan for Haiti that tackles problems comprehensively and allows the rebuilding of both physical and public institutions. As citizens, we must not forget that our government’s budget ought to reflect our priorities, and the outpouring of donation and support for Haiti should be seen as a reflection of Americans’ political willingness to support reconstruction. As political agents, we must...