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...According to a new March of Dimes report, all 50 states now require screening for at least 21 of a panel of 29 diseases - many of them rare but potentially debilitating or fatal - which means that 96% of the 4 million babies born each year in the U.S. are routinely tested...
...March of Dimes and the American Academy of Pediatrics endorsed that recommendation, and lobbied states to legislate mandatory newborn screenings. That same year, a March of Dimes survey found that only 38% of babies were getting sufficiently screened, with at least 21 of the 29 available tests. "These are rare conditions, but they can be devastating and catastrophic if not detected," says Dr. Jennifer Howse, president of the March of Dimes...
...Okura see a future in his shattered country. Dearest to Alisjahbana's heart, of course, is Indonesia's independence, declared in the language he codified. But his depiction of Okura - as a metaphor for Japan's rebirth in a new, humanist world - is evidence of a magnanimous and rare sensibility among Asian writers of the wartime generation...
...never fenced before,” Brand said. “It’s remarkable really.”Kim has had a little luck too, as she just happened to be in the right place at the right time when entering college. It is exceedingly rare for Harvard to be down a starting female fencer. It’s even more extraordinary that a walk-on was given the chance to fill this void in the team. Yet, somehow, the stars aligned, and Kim was able to take advantage of the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity...
...other task force members said the slowdown in construction may offer a rare opportunity for planners to sort through a queue of community concerns that have been overshadowed by the science complex’s construction. City officials had accelerated approval for the science complex construction plans after University officials said the unique and urgent research being conducted in areas such as stem cell biology merited a faster timeline...