Copper Surfaces Can Effectively Curb Spreading of Microbes in Hospitals
Researchers have theorized that covering frequently covered surfaces with copper can reduce the risk of harmful bugs
Archive for 2010/05
Today’s College Students Lack Empathy: Study
College students of the 1980s and ’90s were more empathetic than present day counterparts, a new study claims.
Sexually Transmitted Diseases on the Rise Among Aussie Youths
Experts have called for a new HIV awareness campaign after it was seen that venereal disease among young Australia
Our take on: Medicaid mess & Second opinion
Medicaid mess
Florida legislators this year didn’t pursue proposals to reform Medicaid, the federal-state health-care program for the poor and disabled. The cost of the program is nearing $19 billion a year, more than a quarter of the state budget, and…
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Senior briefs
Blood pressure check
A nurse will be at the Arnold Senior Activity Center from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, June 2, to give a free blood pressure screening or glucose check for diabetics. Free. The center is at 44 Church Road, Arnold. Information:…
Jobless benefits will expire next week
A law that provides extra unemployment benefits for tens of thousands of Floridians will lapse Wednesday, and health care subsidies for those thrown out of work may be lost.
Those benefits are in jeopardy because of a partisan standoff in Congress amid…
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Highlights of pared back House tax and spending bill
Highlights of tax and spending legislation passed by the House on Friday:
TAXES
—Extends for one year about $32 billion in tax breaks that expired in January, including a property tax deduction for people who don’t itemize, lucrative credits…
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COBRA subsidy cut from unemployment extension bill
Friday, May 28
The House legislation to extend the deadline of federal emergency benefits now has some changes in it:
The COBRA subsidy was dropped.
The amended bill would extend the deadline for emergency benefits only until November, not year end…
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May 27 Letters to the editor
Expensive signs
I think it is great that the U.S. Department of Transportation awarded the city of Newport News a grant to install signs around the city to help people navigate. One only needs to experience the congestion and frustration from all the…
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House passes deadline extension to federal emergency unemployment
Ask Marcia! Sun Sentinel career and workplace writer Marcia Heroux Pounds answers YOUR questions about surviving in the office, finding a job, unemployment benefits and more. To submit your question, e-mail mpounds@SunSentinel.com.
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