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11.22.09

Timely Vaccinations Up Among Low-Income Children, But Class Disparities Remain

With the whole world buzzing about the swine flu, vaccinations are a hot topic

By Rachel Durfee Posted 05.07.2009 at 11:27 am 2 Comments

By the time they are two years old, most children from middle and upper-income families have been vaccinated against polio, mumps, measles, rubella and tetanus. But many low-income children--too many, according to the Center for Disease Control (CDC) and the Vaccines for Children Program-- have not. A new study examining the results of the U.S. National Immunization Survey carried out between 1995 and 2007 showed "significant disparities in timely vaccination coverage...

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Giving Tech a Proper Burial

Why did The Grouse throw his gadgets in the landfill?

By Tom Conlon Posted 04.24.2009 at 9:36 am 6 Comments

With environmentalism being so hip and fashionable these days -- particularly on the corporate level -- every day kind of feels like Earth Day. Every other ad I see on TV is from some polluter-cum-born-again-environmentalist company touting its commitment to our planet. Every other news story concerns a company or municipality taking new measures to reduce its impact on Ma Nature. Everywhere I turn, I'm being force-fed tips on how to "green" this and how to "green" that. The message, and more specifically the word "green" itself, have become so saturated that they're practically meaningless.

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