Reuters January 05, 2016 9:38 AM BEIJING—China will not require prospective parents to obtain approval to have two children under the new «two-child policy», in what appears to be a further relaxation of reproductive controls in the world’s most populous country.A document released by the central government and ruling Communist Party on Tuesday said families […]readmore
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Governor Gina M. Raimondo today released the following statement applauding the Rhode Island General Assembly for their efforts to establish the Good Samaritan Overdose Prevention Act of 2016: «Drug overdose is the leading cause of accidental death in Rhode Island and touches every community in our state,» Raimondo said. «The Good Samaritan […]readmore
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Governor Gina M. Raimondo and First Gentleman Andy Moffit, in partnership with the Rhode Island Community Food Bank and Eat Drink RI, will host a luncheon to recognize the winners of the RI Kids’ Healthy Recipe Challenge «As a mom, I know how important it is to start healthy eating habits from […]readmore
Voz de América – Redacción El futuro del estetoscopio, una de las herramientas más antiguas en la medicina, está siendo desafiado después que la Administración de Medicinas y Alimentos de Estados Unidos, FDA, dio la aprobación para una versión más moderna del mismo. La FDA aprobó hace cuatro meses un estetoscopio que puede reproducir los […]readmore
When Aetna CEO Mark Bertolini visited his company’s offices around the country, he was struck by the struggles of some of his employees — such as single moms working in his call centers who used food stamps or had to enroll their children in Medicaid. So Bertolini decided to raise Aetna’s minimum wage from $12 an […]readmore
Since the discovery of penicillin in 1928, we have used antibiotics against a host of infections. But now, doctors are finding that more and more bacteria are resistant to even the strongest antibiotics available. In 2015, the World Health Organization warned that we are heading toward a «post-antibiotic era,» when more people will die from […]readmore
Rates of childhood asthma appear to have plateaued, except among the poor and kids aged 10 to 17, U.S. health officials report. Researchers found that childhood asthma rates increased from 2001 to 2009 — a trend that began in 1982. The rate peaked in 2009 at close to 10 percent, then leveled off before dropping […]readmore
People with type 2 diabetes are at higher risk for dementia in general. And for one form, called vascular dementia, diabetes brings more risk to women than men, according to a new review. The most common cause of dementia is Alzheimer’s disease, which is non-vascular, said senior author Rachel R. Huxley of Curtin University in […]readmore
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VOA News The Obama administration has unveiled a plan to help combat multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in the United States and globally. While about 100 cases of MDR-TB are diagnosed annually in the U.S., the disease affects nearly half a million people around the world every year. The plan released Tuesday is the first from the […]readmore