PRINTABLE PAGE Couple Said to Leave Girl in Closet By Susan ParrottOriginally published by The Associated Press, June 12, 2001 HUTCHINS, Texas (AP) — A couple locked an 8-year-old girl for four months in a dark, lice-infested closet, where she…
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PRINTABLE PAGE HIV Infections Top 1 Million in Eastern Europe Originally published by Reuters Health, November 28, 2001 WESTPORT, CT — The AIDS epidemic is spreading rapidly in Eastern Europe and Asia; it is threatening the regional stability in Africa;…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Recombinant Forms of HIV Spreading Globally Originally published by Reuters Health, May 7, 2002 NEW YORK (Reuters Health) — Newly identified recombinant forms of HIV-1 are being spread to diverse geographic regions, investigators report, which could have implications…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Foster Workers Can’t OK Kids’ Pills Only parent, judge can approve use, agency decides By Carol Marbin MillerOriginally published in The Miami Herald, May 1, 2001 State child welfare workers have been forbidden to approve psychiatric drugs for…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Jail-Rape Trial Set to Begin in Jeffco Information slip-up prompts new policy By John Ingold, Denver Post Staff WriterOriginally published in the Denver Post, July 25, 2002 A 20-year-old man who admitted raping his cellmate seven years ago…
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PRINTABLE PAGE 11-Year-Old Gives Birth; DCF Maintains Custody By Daniel TepferOriginally published in the Connecticut Post, May 29, 2002 BRIDGEPORT — An 11-year-old girl, who police say was impregnated by a 75-year-old man, has given birth. A state Department of…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Police: Margate Officer Admits to Sex with Arrested Teen By Buddy Nevins, Staff WriterOriginally published in the Sun-Sentinel, April 9, 2001 Sheriff’s deputies say a Margate police officer admitted in recorded telephone calls that he had sex in…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Psychologist Concedes Teacher’s Actions Toward Student Were Predatory By Amy CarmichaelOriginally published by the Canadian Press, May 16, 2001 TORONTO (CP) — An Ontario teacher who was found guilty of professional misconduct for sending love letters to a…
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PRINTABLE PAGE More HMOs Withdraw From Medicare+Choice By Joan Szabo, Contributing EditorOriginally published in Physicians Financial News 19(15):30, 2001 The exodus of health maintenance organizations from the Medicare+Choice programs continues, with 58 health plans recently notifying the Department of Health…
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PRINTABLE PAGE South Africa Health Minister Slams Global AIDS Fund Originally published by Reuters Press, July 22, 2002 JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (Reuters) — South African Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang has slammed the Global Fund for Aids for its donor policies,…