DC on Pace for Fewer Than 100 Homicides in 2012

DC on pace for fewer than 100 homicides in 2012

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"If you asked people what would happen first, there'll be a thousand murders in D.C. in a year or there'll be less than a hundred, I think virtually everybody would have said there would be 1,000," said John Roman, a senior fellow at the Washington …
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FDA Allows Lindane Use to Continue Despite Health Risks and Calls for a Ban

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Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 3, 2012. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has dened a 2010 petition filed by the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and Pesticide Action Network North America (PAN) to ban the insecticide lindane, which …
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Alameda preteen lobbies Congress on cystic fibrosis research

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As the children grew and Jeremy struggled through years of tests and treatment, his parents and siblings embraced cystic fibrosis advocacy in order to educate the public and raise money for research. By the time Bethany Kharrazi was … the lives of …
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'Superbug' now occurring in 42 states

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In a matter of days after the middle-aged patient arrived at the University of Virginia Medical Center, the stubborn bacteria in his blood had fought off even what doctors consider “drugs of last resort.” “It was very alarming; it was the first time we …
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