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Venezuela considers taking bottles from babies' mouths
ReutersCARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's Congress will discuss legislation next week that would prohibit bottle feeding of infants to try to encourage breast feeding and reduce the use of baby formula, said a lawmaker of the ruling Socialist Party. Legislator...Tags: Nicolas Maduro, Caracas (Venezuela), Hugo Chavez, Venezuela, Family
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Cargill tries to improve conditions at West Africa's cocoa farms
Star Tribune (Minneapolis)WASHINGTON Cargill Inc. CEO Greg Page never used the words "child labor" in the 30-minute keynote address he delivered earlier this month to the World Cocoa Foundation. Instead, he talked at length about "sustainability." That term has become code for...Tags: Burkina Faso, Nestle SA, Archer Daniels Midland Incorporated, Ghana, Abusive Behavior
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LETTER: Pre-K Ought To Be National Priority
It's disappointing that politics derailed efforts to improve early education [June 8, Connecticut, "Legislators: Late Deal Led To Demise"]. But in improving quality and affordability, Connecticut doesn't have to go it alone. It's about fairness. Just 48...Tags: Health Insurance, Family, Politics, Preschools, Schools
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Small U.S. insurers fill gaps for weakest state health exchanges
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - When the state of Mississippi begins offering subsidized health insurance under President Barack Obama's reform law this year, residents will have only one choice - Magnolia Health Plan - a small insurer little known in most of the...Tags: Barack Obama, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Healthcare Contract Issues, Molina Healthcare Incorporated, Health Insurance
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Great Chesapeake Bay Swim deserved better coverage
I read the whole paper June 10 but found no report of the Great Chesapeake Bay Swim that occurred the day before. My 62-year-old husband swam in the event for his eighth consecutive year and thus I have had seen the energy and excitement it creates...Tags: Sports, Swimming, March of Dimes Foundation
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Poverty grants necessary in seemingly wealthy Northbrook and Glenview schools, officials say
Some experts criticize a rise in state "poverty grant" money for wealthier school districts, including the ones in Glenview and Northbrook, but local administrators and parents say the funding is warranted and needed. "To me, it sounds fair," said Cathy...
Tags: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Personal Income, Health Insurance, Environmental Issues, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
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Democrats hit the road to sell public on Obamacare
McClatchy Washington BureauWASHINGTON Three years after it passed, President Barack Obama and fellow Democrats are still trying to sell the federal health care law to a skeptical nation. Lawmakers, armed with tool kits and fact sheets, are fanning out across the nation to tout the...Tags: Health Insurance, George W. Bush, Healthcare Laws, Crime, Law and Justice, White House
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For our kids' sake, food safety must be a priority
As a pediatrician, my No. 1 concern is to keep children safe and healthy. Inside the walls of my office, I can provide services and counseling to help do just that, whether by giving an infant her first childhood vaccine, providing a mental health...Tags: Health, Judges, Justice System, Salmonella Infection, Family
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Michigan Democrat Dingell surpasses record for longest tenure in Congress
McClatchy Washington BureauWASHINGTON The day that John Dingell first stepped onto the floor of the House of Representatives, he faced a very different America. A woman named Rosa Parks had just been arrested, the name Emmett Till was in the news and a movie star named James Dean...Tags: Jimmy Carter, Health Insurance, Environmental Issues, John Boehner, George W. Bush
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'Poverty grant money' needed even in wealthy school districts in Highland Park and Deerfield
An increasing level of state "poverty grant" money for school districts — even in wealthy areas like Highland Park and Deerfield — has come under scrutiny, but local administrators and parents say the funding is just as legitimate for the...Tags: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Highland Park (Cook, Illinois), Personal Income, Health Insurance, Environmental Issues
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California bill would fine big firms whose workers get Medi-Cal
For years, politicians and labor unions have pilloried Wal-Mart and other large employers for paying workers so little that many qualify for government health insurance at taxpayers' expense. Now critics fear the public will get stuck with an even...
Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Justice System, Health Insurance, Costco Wholesale Corporation, Government
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READER SUBMITTED: BAPS Charities Hosts First Annual Children's Health And Safety Day
NewingtonA recent study showed that 33 percent of American youth are obese and live inactive and unhealthy lifestyles. This makes today's youth the first generation to have a shorter life expectancy than their parents. With this issue in mind, BAPS Charities of...Tags: Newington, Hasbro Inc., Obesity, Southington, Old Saybrook
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