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Monthly Archives: December 2015
U.S. judge denies another Texas request to block Syrian refugees
Brazil’s top court suspends impeachment of Rousseff
Donald Trump: Calls to ban US presidential hopeful from the UK over ‘hate speech’ – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
A petition to bar Mr Trump from Britain reached more than 300,000 signatures amid an outcry over the comments and will be considered for a debate in parliament, as are all petitions with more than 100,000 signatures.”The UK has banned entry to many individuals for hate speech. The same principles should apply to everyone who wishes to enter the UK,” the petition said.London mayor Boris Johnson called Mr Trump’s comments “complete and utter nonsense”.”I think he’s betraying a quite stupefying ignorance that makes him frankly unfit to hold the office of president of the United States,” he added.”Crime has been falling steadily both in London and in New York – the only reason I wouldn’t go to some parts of New York is the real risk of meeting Donald Trump.”
Chicago’s Mayor Demands Sweeping Police Reform – The New York Times

“Nothing less than complete and total reform of the system and the culture that it breeds will meet the standard we have set for ourselves as a city,” Mr. Emanuel said before the City Council, striking a contrite tone far different from the swaggering persona he is known for and even choking up at points during his speech.
Source: Chicago’s Mayor Demands Sweeping Police Reform – The New York Times
Exposure to toxic chemicals correlates with limited vaccine response | Vaccine News – Big Oops! C#@p!
Scientists from the University of Rochester (UR) Environmental Health Sciences Center recently conducted a study that suggests having toxic chemical exposure in early life can inhibit a baby’s vaccine response.
Source: Exposure to toxic chemicals correlates with limited vaccine response | Vaccine News
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HIV death rate higher in southern US
Statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that the death rates for HIV patients in the southern U.S. are three times higher than the death rates for HIV patients in other regions of the U.S.
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2012 data about the prevention methods and care treatments for HIV patients in each state. The significant differences between the southern U.S. and other states are most obvious with two important factors: the death rates of HIV patients and whether HIV patients know their status.
In 2012, the death rate for HIV patients in the U.S. stood at 19.2 deaths for every 1,000 people who have HIV. For individual states, this figure varies from 7.9 deaths for every 1,000 HIV-positive patients (Vermont) to 30.8 deaths in Louisiana.
“It is unacceptable that people with HIV living in many Southern states are more likely to die than those living in other parts of the country,” Jonathan Mermin, director of CDC’s National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention, said. “Some states are making great strides toward getting people with HIV diagnosed and into care, but every state must do this if we are to reach our national goals for prevention and care.”
Michigan study shows many hospital workers avoid flu shots
Data gathered by the University of Michigan shows that fewer than 50 percent of U.S. hospitals have mandatory influenza vaccines for their staff.
Every year, millions of Americans become sick and thousands of Americans die from influenza. People most at risk for contracting the illness already have health concerns or weakened immune systems.
There are several recommendations that apply to every hospital in the U.S., encouraging health care workers to receive their influenza vaccines every year. Health professionals maintain that this is the best way to prevent the workers from passing influenza viruses to hospital patients.
This is why it is a significant concern that over 50 percent of hospitals do not have mandatory vaccines for their staff. Many people who come to hospitals are already vulnerable, and adding their susceptibility to the spread of the influenza can only make matters worse.
“Vaccination of health care workers has been shown to significantly reduce patients’ risk of influenza and its complications, including pneumonia and death, compared with vaccination of patients alone,” Sanjay Saint, senior author of the new study, said. “To put it bluntly, American hospitals have a lot of work to do.”
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