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How do we reverse the brain drain

Ghana Web

by Philip Emeagwali

November 2, 2003

For 10 million African-born emigrants, the word 'home' is synonymous with the United States, Britain or other country outside of Africa.

25 years ago, I fell in love with an American girl, married her three years later, and became eligible to sponsor a Green Card visa for my 35 closest relatives, including my parents and all my siblings, nieces and nephews. <br><br>The story of how I brought 35 people to the United States exemplifies how 10 million skilled people have emigrated out of Africa during the past 30 years.

Vegetarian Families and the Courts

Vegsource.com

by Charles R. Attwood, M.D., F.A.A.P.

October 28, 2003

Monea was rarely sick, but had been diagnosed with development problems since birth.

Social workers from the California Department of Children's Services (DCS) arrived at the McBride School for handicapped children in Los Angeles shortly before noon on September 20, 1995. They took five-year-old Monea Hromadko from her classroom to nearby Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, according to her father, without his knowledge. Peter Hromadko, a single parent, said he was shocked when he learned later that evening that she would not be coming home; the state was taking his daughter from him because he and Monea were vegetarians.

Whooping cough outbreaks most in decades

United Press International

by Steve Mitchell

October 23, 2003

Across the United States, cases of the deadly disease whooping cough are appearing more frequently than in decades and public health officials worry the increases are due at least in part to the reluctance of some parents to vaccinate their children.

Oregon has seen 347 cases so far this year, on track to a 30-year high. Seattle has 189 cases, including the highest number of infected infants in 25 years. Texas has had 32 cases in its panhandle region, the most there in 35 years.

State Mandates on Immunization and Vaccine-Preventable Diseases

Immunization Action Coalition

by Information compiled by Immunization Action Coalition

October 19, 2003

The New Zealand Health Information Network

New Zealand Health Network

October 18, 2003

Vaccination

Vaccines are injections of material that contain weakened amounts of the disease germ or organism that they are meant to protect against, and they are supposed to work by causing the creation of antibodies which will protect the body against future infection. (Antibodies are proteins that work to defend the body from an invasion by harmful bacteria and viruses.)

Vaccines from rabbits' milk

Novis

by BioProtein Technologies

October 15, 2003

BioProtein has developed a method of expressing antigen-carrying vectors, called rotavirus-virus-like particles (rotavirus-VLPs) in the rabbits' milk.

The approach allows the insertion of a wide range of antigenic molecules into the particles, from small peptides to large polypeptides carrying multiple immune-stimulating sites.

HIV/AIDS Is "Disease of Young People"; One Youth Infected Every 14 Seconds Worldwide

The Body

October 9, 2003

Half of the estimated five million new HIV infections worldwide each year occur among people ages 15 to 24

With nearly half of the world's 6.3 billion people under age 25, if the HIV/AIDS pandemic is left unchecked, it could significantly slow the growth of the world's population.

Vatican Tells People Worldwide That Condoms Do Not Prevent HIV Infection

The Body

October 9, 2003

The AIDS virus is roughly 450 times smaller than the spermatozoon. The spermatozoon can easily pass through the 'net' that is formed by the condom.

The Vatican finally spills the beans about the truth of the "safe sex" lie.<br><br>However, a World Health Organization spokesperson said that "consistent and correct" condom usage can <b>reduce</b> the risk of HIV infection by 90%, adding that the Catholic Church's "incorrect statements about condoms and HIV are dangerous.Dangerous for whom-

Row over plan for birth pill in schools

The Scotsman

by Seonag MacKinnon

October 7, 2003

Leading figures in education and health have attacked ministers for declaring their opposition to the introduction of the morning-after pill in schools.

In 2000, a total of 9,464 Scots teenagers became pregnant and 4,000 had abortions. The Executive is about to publish a report on sexual health.

Row over plan for birth pill in schools

The Scotsman (UK)

by Seonag MacKinnon

October 7, 2003

LEADING figures in education and health have attacked ministers for declaring their opposition to the introduction of the morning-after pill in schools.

In 2000, a total of 9,464 Scots teenagers became pregnant and 4,000 had abortions. The Executive is about to publish a report on sexual health.

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