Health & Safety

Health & Safety

Amid Controversy, Head Of Planned Parenthood Testifies Before Lawmakers

5:54pm September 29, 2015

by Jennifer Ludden

A House panel is investigating secretly recorded videos by a group that accuses Planned Parenthood of profiting from the sale of fetal tissue. Here's a rundown of the issues ahead of today's hearing.

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It's Up To The World: Pay For The Global Goals Or Buy Everyone A Latte

4:14pm September 29, 2015

by Malaka Gharib

You could pay for an awful lot of coffee with the $172.5 trillion needed to make the U.N. development goals come true by 2030. Pledges are trickling in, but will it be enough?

Argelia Zarate, a Mixteco interpreter at the Oxnard School District, encourages students to practice their native languages.

Hospitals Struggle To Help Farmworkers Who Speak Triqui Or Mixteco

4:00pm September 29, 2015

by Jeremy Raff

One-third of farmworkers in California speak indigenous languages from southern Mexico. Many don't speak Spanish or English, a situation that poses challenges for health care providers.

Ta-Nehisi Coates is one of the 24 award winners this year.

Journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates Among 2015 MacArthur 'Genius' Award Winners

2:14pm September 29, 2015

by Laura Wagner

Representing fields from chemistry to poetry, the 24 MacArthur Foundation Fellows will each receive $625,000 over the next five years.

Queen Silvia of Sweden attends the World Childhood Foundation 16th anniversary gala Thursday in New York City.

A Little Boy Who Lived In A Box Gave Sweden's Queen A New Mission

1:59pm September 29, 2015

by Diane Cole

After meeting the homeless child in Brazil, Queen Silvia was inspired to speak out about the abuse and exploitation of children and to establish the World Childhood Foundation.

People who have easy access to firearms are about three times more likely to kill themselves than people who don't have access to guns, a recent study from the University of California, San Francisco indicates.

When Deciding To Live Means Avoiding Guns

7:56pm September 28, 2015

by Desmond Meagley

When a 23-year-old who has tried to kill himself visits family, he must mentally prepare to resist hurting himself with their guns, he says. Gun access can make suicidal impulses harder to fend off.

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Former DHHS Secretary Wos Subject Of Federal Investigation

7:33pm September 28, 2015

by Michael Burke

North Carolina's Department of Health and Human Services is cooperating with Federal authorities as they investigate the former department head. Federal prosecutors are looking for possible c

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A worker pours a bucket of pesticide into a machine to be sprayed on almond trees at Del Bosque Farms Inc. in Firebaugh, Calif., on April 6, 2015. California and Washington already have adopted, through state regulation, many of the rules that the EPA now

EPA Announces New Rules To Protect Farmworkers From Pesticides

6:09pm September 28, 2015

by Dan Charles

The federal government is requiring farmers to keep more records on exactly when and where they used specific pesticides. And no children under the age of 18 will be allowed to handle the chemicals.

Sour cherry pie: one of the many beautiful marriages of sour with sweet.

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Power Of Sour: How Tart Is Reclaiming Turf From Sweet

5:43pm September 28, 2015

by Jill Neimark

Americans once made sour drinks like shrubs and switchels and preferred tart strawberries and cherries. Then sugar became cheaper and ubiquitous. Now sour is returning in fermented foods and drinks.

Letting children try something that provokes anxiety can help them learn coping skills, researchers say.

Parents Can Learn How To Prevent Anxiety In Their Children

5:07pm September 28, 2015

by Lynne Shallcross

Parents with anxiety disorders can unintentionally teach their children anxious responses to life. But parents can learn how to teach children coping strategies instead, a study finds.