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Americans Donate Over $120 Million to American Red Cross to Assist Japan
The American Red Cross announced that the public has generously donated $120.5 million to help the people of Japan following the March 11 earthquake...
Indonesian Example Counters Fears of Radical Religious States in Tunisia/Egypt
Many scholars are pessimistic that Tunisia’s Jasmine Revolution and the political transition in Egypt will successfully bring about democracy in these countries, and worry...
Hospital Visitation Rights for Unmarried and Gay Couples Take Effect Nationwide
This week, a new rule went into effect for hospitals across the nation to ease the longtime burden on unmarried or gay partners who,...
States Put the ‘Home’ in Nursing Homes
The Leonard Florence Center for Living in Chelsea, Mass., is part of what's known as the Green House project, founded by geriatrician Dr. Bill...
How One Company is Bringing Halloween to Sick Children Nationwide
Spirit Halloween, the nation's largest Halloween retailer, launched "Spirit of Children" in 2006, a program created to bring Halloween to hospitals and rehabilitation centers...
25 Percent Drop in Maternal Deaths for Sub-Saharan Women
The proportion of women in sub-Saharan Africa who died because of pregnancy fell by more than a quarter between 1990 and 2008, according to...
‘Angels’ Fight Cancer with Cars and Planes
For cancer patients struggling financially, the cab fare alone from Houston airports to hospitals (costing $50-$100), can be enough to prohibit their ability to...
Subsidized Jobs: A Faint Echo of New Deal Success
In rural Winston County, Mississippi, Taylor Machine Works — best known for its Big Red forklifts — is the primary employer. After the recession...
240 Anchorage Restaurants Recycle Fryer Grease into Biodiesel
The Anchorage area's private trash hauler, Alaska Waste, is picking up used food-frying oil and has started turning it into biodiesel to power its...
Ruth Lilly Gave Away About $800 Million Over a Lifetime: Tribute
Her generosity in life was legendary: Ruth Lilly, the last surviving great-grandchild of pharmaceutical magnate Eli Lilly, died Wednesday night at 94. ... Over...
Sick Kids in Hospital Now Connect with Friends Online
Hospitalized children in Canada who can't go home for the holidays have a new online way of keeping in touch with their friends...
Medical Surplus Saves Lives Worlds Away
Project C.U.R.E. will send out 125 huge shipping containers of medical supplies this year to hospitals around the world -- about $50...
For Your Health: Use Hand Sanitizers Without Triclosan
This is worth sharing with everyone you know as schools, hospitals and offices are distributing vast amounts of hand sanitizer gels to help prevent...
World’s First LEED Platinum Hospital Thriving in Austin
Unique among its peers, Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas is the first healthcare facility in the world to achieve a LEED Platinum...
Solar Power Rescues Lebanon Schools from Frequent Black-outs
With Lebanon’s chronic power shortages, classes at the Rajam Issa public school are often plunged into darkness during the winter.
In the remote northeastern district...
Elephant Whisperer Saves the Baghdad Zoo in Wartime
In 2003 while the US armed forces were invading the Iraqi capital, a Zululand conservationist undertook a wartime rescue of the Baghdad Zoo and...
Stimulus Money Helps Revive Summer Youth Jobs Programs
School’s out and young job seekers across the country have less than a 30 percent chance of finding work. For disadvantaged youth and high...
Listening to Music Helps Stroke Patients – Especially Opera
Listening to the right kind of music can slow the heart and lower blood pressure, a study has revealed. Rousing operatic...
Artist Spreads Hope, Leaving Free Artwork Around Town
In 2003 artist Bren Bataclan launched a "found art" movement called the Smile Boston Project. He started leaving his cartoon inspired paintings...
China Launches Effort to Provide Universal Health Care
China unveiled a sweeping health care plan that will extend basic health care to 90 percent of its population by 2011, with a...