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MD Anderson and nation’s Cancer Centers Jointly Endorse Updated HPV Vaccine Recommendations
Statement supports fewer vaccinations, urges action to increase national vaccination rates
As national vaccination rates for the human papillomavirus (HPV) remain low, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has again united with the 68 other National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated cancer centers in issuing a joint statement endorsing the recently revised vaccination recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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AboutThatCar.com 2019 Lexus GX
There is no way around it. The Lexus GX 460 is a throwback to the time when big, powerful, body on frame sport utilities were aspirational vehicles. During that era, it seems like the clarion call was the bigger the better.
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Trump to be hospitalized at Walter Reed medical center 'for the next few days'
President Donald Trump will be hospitalized at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and remain there for "the next few days," the White House said Friday afternoon.
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More Than 100 School Districts Enroll in Khan Academy, NWEA Personalized Learning Offerings
Across the Districts, Nearly 70% of Students Qualify for Free and Reduced-Price Lunch
Khan Academy is supporting more than 100 public school districts across the country as the nonprofit educational organization responds to the unprecedented demands of the pandemic. Khan Academy will serve nearly half a million students in partner districts this school year through two unique offerings: Khan Academy Districts and MAP Accelerator, in partnership with NWEA.
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Adding Fuel to the Fire of Our Pandemics
Nero, the Roman Emperor who legendarily fiddled while Rome burned is a symbol for an irresponsible, ineffective, and callous leader who shows indifference to people in crisis. The great Rome fire took place in the first century AD. The fiddle wasn’t invented until the eleventh century, so it is unlikely that the hedonistic emperor played the fiddle while his city was burning. More likely, he was engaged in some trivial or sybaritic act, regardless of the crisis.
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New FEMA policy to limit what it will help states pay for in non-emergent settings, including masks
A new FEMA policy will limit what the agency will help states pay for as part of its Covid-19 response, leaving some state officials worried about how to pay for critical protective equipment, including masks, as the administration continues to push reopening schools and businesses during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
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One dead, four others injured in Los Angeles mansion party shooting
A mansion party on Los Angeles' famed Mulholland Drive on Monday turned deadly when someone opened fire, killing a 35-year-old woman and injuring several others, police said Tuesday.
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Jobless see benefits cut by more than half after $600 federal payment expires
Millions of laid-off Americans are trying to survive on less than half of what they had received for the last four months, now that the $600 federal boost to unemployment benefits has expired.
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Uber quits 8 countries in Southeast Asia, selling out to rival Grab
Uber is giving up on the fight for ride-hailing customers in Southeast Asia. The US company is selling its business in the region to local rival Grab, the companies said in a statement Monday.
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14-Year Study: Holding Students Back In Grade School Hurts Their Chances Of Graduating
A 14-year study conducted by the Texas A&M University College of Education and Human Development has determined that Texas students who are held back during elementary school are almost three times more likely than their peers to drop out of high school.
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More dangers loom after Guatemala volcano eruption kills 25 people
Guatemala's Fuego volcano erupted with deadly fury, but now more hazards threaten grieving residents.
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Black Superheroes Are Having a Moment
Is it a coincidence that black superheroes are stirring excitement at a time when ethnicity and race relations are in the spotlight?
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Driven and Determined: Never Too Old or Too Young to Lead
4,706 Degrees Will Be Awarded During UH Fall Commencement Ceremonies
You are moving too fast. You will never be ahead. You are going to fail. Hearing those words from doubters only motivated Florence Scott to prove them wrong. And she did. At 18 years old, Scott is the youngest member of the University of Houston fall 2018 graduating class.
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Life coach Tony Robbins issues apology after comments on #MeToo movement
Life coach Tony Robbins apologized Sunday for his comments about the #MeToo movement after suggesting during a March event that some women use it to gain significance by playing the victim.
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R.I.P. Robert Guillaume, 89, Emmy-Award Winning Actor and Star of “Benson”
Emmy Award-winning actor Robert Guillaume, best known as the title character in the TV sitcom “Benson,” died Tuesday. He was 89. His wife Donna Brown Guillaume told the Associated Press he died at their Los Angeles home of complications of prostate cancer. Guillaume often played acerbic, dry-witted, but ultimately lovable characters like the butler Benson Du Bois, which he created on the 1977 series “Soap,” before his character was spun off in 1979. Guillaume won Emmys both for “Soap” (as supporting actor) and “Benson” (as lead actor).
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'Love, Simon,' 'Instinct' mark progress for gay characters
Progress for gay characters in movies and TV continues in ways large and small. This week, that includes the arrival of "Love, Simon" -- a coming-out story, marking TV producer Greg Berlanti's directorial debut -- and "Instinct," an otherwise nondescript CBS crime procedural, starring Alan Cumming as a brilliant crime-solver who, in a first for that genre, just happens to be gay and married.
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Harris County Public Library Announces Record Two Million Ebook and Audiobook Checkouts in 2019
Top 15 public library system worldwide in total digital circulation
Harris County Public Library today announced that they achieved a record-breaking two million digital book checkouts in 2019. This accomplishment illustrates the continued growth and importance of library lending of ebooks and audiobooks along with the creative ways the library has served its community with digital services. Harris County Public Library is one of 73 systems around the world – including standalone libraries and consortia – that surpassed one million checkouts through Rakuten OverDrive, the leading digital reading platform and its award-winning app Libby (complete list here).
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Trump's Fake National Emergency
President Trump's decision to declare a national emergency in order to fund his border wall triggers a crisis for our Constitution and our democracy.
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Understanding Rare Cancers
Four facts to know about one type of rare cancer, soft tissue sarcomas
Although rare cancers don’t occur often, they can affect people of all ages and genders.
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Coronavirus: The Background, The Spread, And The Pandemic
In 2019, Americans were still on a holly high and jolly joy as we put away gifts that were once under the tree and took down our Christmas trimmings to welcome in a New Year. We were preparing to sweep out the old and welcome in the new with visions of peace and prosperity because this was our year! Little did we know that soon our world would be flipped upside down filled with worldwide panic and fear unlike any of us have seen in our lifetime with the coronavirus pandemic.