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Executive Order 13592 Improving American Indian and Alaska Native Educational Opportunities and Strengthening Tribal Colleges and Universities December 02, 2011 Executive Order 13592 — Improving American Indian and Alaska Native Educational Opportunities and Strengthening Tribal Colleges and Universities … President Barack Obama delivers remarks during the 2011 Tribal Nations Conference at the Department of Interior, […]
Soccer star David Beckham visits UNICEF-backed shelter in the Philippines 2 December 2011, Manila, Philippines – UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador David Beckham meets five young people in a UNICEF supported centre for children who once lived and worked on the streets. 2 December 2011 – David Beckham tried his hand at sewing, took part in an art […]
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UN Human Rights Council strongly condemns abuses by Syrian authorities High Commissioner Navi Pillay addresses the Special Session of the Human Rights Council on the situation in Syria 2 December 2011 – The United Nations Human Rights Council today strongly condemned the continued abuses by the Syrian authorities as part of its violent crackdown against […]
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Worming out of listening Freshman seminar re-creates Darwin’s experiments Justin Ide/Harvard Staff Photographer Earthworms took center stage at John Knowles Paine Hall last month as students in a freshman seminar re-created Darwin’s experiment exploring the creature’s hearing. Arnold Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Ned Friedman (third from left) and students peer at worms to […]
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Developing countries spur growth in global manufacturing output – UN 1 December 2011 – Global manufacturing rose slightly in the third quarter of this year despite fears that the world economy could plunge into another recession as a result of instability in European financial markets, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) said in a report released […]
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Bone cancer patients needed for study of potential pain treatment People with cancer that has spread to their bones are being recruited by Stanford University School of Medicine researchers for a clinical trial that will assess the use of ultrasound to alleviate pain. The trial is investigating how effectively a device called ExAblate 2000 — which emits […]
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Observing World AIDS Day Today, December 1, we commemorate World AIDS Day. This has been a year of reflection as we marked the 30th anniversary of the first reported cases of AIDS on June 5, 1981. AIDS is still here, and it affects all of us in the U.S. and around the world. AIDS has been, and continues to be, […]
President Obama announces new efforts to end the AIDS epidemic in the United States President Barack Obama today announced accelerated efforts to increase the availability of treatment to people living with HIV/AIDS in the United States in conjunction with World AIDS Day 2011. The president directed the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) […]
Secretary Sebelius appoints Nancy Mahon, Executive Director of MAC AIDS Fund, as Chair of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced the appointment of Nancy Mahon as the new Chair of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA). Ms. Mahon, executive director of the M•A•C AIDS Fund, […]
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A data bank to battle cancer Researchers hope effort will help target diseases faster and more precisely Sam Ogden/Dana-Farber Cancer Institute HMS faculty members Barrett Rollins (left) and Janina Longtine are collaborating on a massive, long-term effort to collect and analyze tumor tissue from 10,000 cancer patients each year. Using automated gene-analysis technology, they’ll scan […]
