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Up to 25% of Child Deaths Preventable in Wealthy Countries

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, September 09, 2014

Up to 25% of Child Deaths Preventable in Wealthy Countries
- Peter Sidebotham, PhD, associate clinical professor in community child health at the University of Warwick, United Kingdom, and colleagues discuss ...

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Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, May 08, 2025

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Iowa Republican wants Supreme Court to overturn same sex marriage & hand control to states

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, May 08, 2025

A statehouse GOP lawmaker from eastern Iowa wants the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the case that legalized same-sex marriage in America. State Sen. Sandy Salmon is in her first year in the state Senate after a decade in the Iowa House. She's proposed a few other pieces of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation in the past. View article...

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Pacific Standard Time — Monday, May 12, 2025

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Pacific Standard Time — Monday, May 12, 2025

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