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Environment

Here's How Greenland's Melting Ice Sheet Is Contributing to Rising Sea Levels

If the entire Greenland ice sheet, which covers 656,000 square miles, were to melt, it would pour enough water into the world's oceans to raise global sea levels by about 2...

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Health

What’s the Secret to Getting Kids to Eat Veggies? Let Them Play First!

Left to their own devices, most kids will choose to gobble down ice cream or chocolate rather than broccoli or brussels sprouts. So, at school lunch, they’ll likely e...

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Health

HIV at Delivery More Likely when Treatment Starts Late in Pregnancy

Women who initiate highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) or who have their first prenatal visit in the third trimester are more likely to have HIV detected at delive...

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Health

Maternal vitamin D deficiency associated with preterm birth

Preterm birth is a leading cause of neonatal mortality worldwide and has even been associated with long-term health problems for the mother. While the cause of preterm birt...

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Hollywood

LA Art Show To Benefit St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

The LA Art Show is pleased to announce its selection of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital as benefiting charity of its opening night premiere party, 8-11 p.m., Wednesda...

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Health

Conditions caused due to poor sanitation the reason for large number of maternal and newborn deaths

Lack of safe water, sanitation and hygiene in birth settings is killing mothers and newborns in the developing world, shows a new study. In a flagship paper, 16 researchers...

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Sustainable Development

Where Does Moral Courage Come From?

Readers of Fixes know that our primary mission each week is to highlight strategies that work to effect social change and improve lives. In her column last week, Tina Rosen...

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Environment

Pacific winds change the speed of global warming, says new study

The strength of the trade winds that cross the Pacific can affect how quickly the planet warns, new research suggests. By analysing the chemical makeup of corals in the tro...

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Environment

China's largest coal power plant violating air pollution levels every week

China?s largest coal-fired power plant has been violating national emission standards for chemicals that cause dangerous fine particulate matter pollution, official figures...

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Sustainable Development

Solar energy can bring India's economic growth'

In a bid to integrate conventional power with solar power and achieve the overarching goal within reasonable timeframes and to help Prime Minister’s objective to prov...

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