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- December 15, 2010
What would make a 6-year-old not only think that he could raise a lot of money to help a friend battling a life-threatening disease, but then actually go ahead and do what most adults could not? Well, you’d have to ask that 6-year-old, Dylan Siegel.
READ MOREWhat should a coach do when players are bullying others, ditching class and getting bad grades? Matt Labrum, a football coach at Union High School, decided to suspend almost the whole team for such behavior, with the support of the players’ parents and school administration.
READ MOREAbout 1,140 people have already been diagnosed with various forms of cancer as a result of exposure at Ground Zero. Treatment plans for those diagnosed will be covered by the World Trade Center Health Program. The number of eligible patients may continue to grow, since 58 other types of cancer have been added to the
READ MORERory Staunton was 12 years old when he died from an undiagnosed case of sepsis, after having scraped his elbow in gym class. Rory had gone to the hospital after waking up on the day after the gym class incident with a high fever, leg pain, high blood pressure, high heart rate, and vomiting, but doctors had assumed the boy just had a stomach flu.
READ MOREAntibiotic-resistant infections pose a serious danger to our health. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warns that we may not be able to treat these infections if they continue to spread at a rapid rate. Thomas R. Friden, CDC Director, explains, "If we're not careful, the medicine chest will be empty when we
READ MOREIt was first discovered that boys and girls in the U.S. seemed to be going through puberty at younger ages in the 1990s, but recent studies add even more support. Exposure to commonly used household chemicals have caused American girls to get their periods even earlier than ever before, according to a 2012 analysis by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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