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...southeastern Massachusetts. Her employer, the Boys and Girls Club of Taunton, agreed to hold her job for about six weeks after her June 18 due date but didn't offer any paid maternity leave. "My rent, food, the hospital--those costs aren't going away," Thomas says. So she quit her $500-a-week job three weeks ago and applied for state welfare assistance. "I'd rather work," she says. "But I had to get whatever help I could...
...Having quit her job, Thomas won't be eligible for paid leave if the Massachusetts bill passes. Thomas is disappointed but says she hopes to take advantage of it with her second child: "For me, it would have made all the difference...
...made it through another four years, through Harvard Law and the presidential campaign. Some people will probably tell you that’s something to be proud of. It is, but only for about ten minutes. Anybody else with your skills and opportunities would have done the same, and quite a few people would have done it better.You’re a lucky person to be where you are, and you don’t deserve it any more than anybody else on this planet. However, now that you have been given so much, you have a great responsibility...
Worst of all was the number of smokers with asthmatic children who didn't even try to quit or at least limit themselves to smoking outdoors rather than just moving to another room or the garage. Second-hand smoke has been proved, over and over again, to be a major trigger of asthma attacks. Many smoking parents purchased expensive air filters that have what Cabana called "questionable utility...
...thing of the past—smokers may soon be able to kick their habit with a simple shot. Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) announced last Tuesday that it will be one of ten sites across the nation to research the effects of NicVax, a vaccine that may help addicts quit smoking. The MGH study is the only one being conducted in the Northeast. Like other vaccines, NicVax is composed of a protein molecule. What makes this vaccine unique, according to University Health Services (UHS) Chief of Medicine Soheyla D. Gharib, is that the protein binds to a chemical?...