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Headlines:
June 24, 2009, 10:16 am
ADPH Recognizes Three Hospitals For Newborn Screening Reliability, Alabama, USA
(Medical News Today) wrote:
Two years ago more than one in four newborns screened for metabolic and other inherited disorders in Alabama had to be retested.


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June 1, 2009, 2:43 pm
Kelly eager to lobby Obama on newborn screening
(Slam! Sports) wrote:
Now that Jim Kelly has convinced several states to begin testing infants for rare and often fatal genetic disorders, the Hall of Fame quarterback is setting his sights higher.


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Newborn Screening Mentioned:
July 1, 2009, 6:18 am
Newborns' blood samples raise privacy questions
(Pioneer Press) wrote:
WASHINGTON — Matthew Brzica and his wife hardly noticed when the hospital took a few drops of blood from each of their four newborn children for routine genetic testing. But then they discovered that the state had kept the dried blood samples ever since — and was making them available to scientists for medical research.


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June 30, 2009, 10:13 pm
Scrubbing up
(BBC News) wrote:
'Folly' of short-sighted cuts in NHS ice age


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June 30, 2009, 12:54 am
Use of Blood Samples Criticized
(Washington Post) wrote:
States' practice of collecting newborns' blood and offering it to researchers raises privacy issues.


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June 29, 2009, 9:00 pm
Newborns' Blood Samples Are Used for Research Without Parents' Consent
(Washington Post) wrote:
Matthew Brzica and his wife hardly noticed when the hospital took a few drops of blood from each of their four newborn children for routine genetic testing. But then they discovered that the state had kept the dried blood samples ever since -- and was making them available to scientists for medic...


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June 27, 2009, 4:12 am
Hunter's Hope receives $10,600 donation
(The Buffalo News) wrote:
Officials with the Badge of Honor Association, which raises money for the families of fallen police officers, presented a check Thursdayfor $10,600 to the Hunter's Hope Foundation.


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June 24, 2009, 11:57 pm
Funding disparity for sickle cell disease costly to Georgia
(Atlanta Journal-Constitution) wrote:
National health officials estimate that Georgia has one of the three largest populations in the United States for sickle cell disease. National health officials estimate that Georgia has one of the three largest populations in the United States for sickle cell disease.


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June 23, 2009, 1:34 pm
eHealth didn't put public interest first
(The Brockville Recorder and Times) wrote:
Recently, as the eHealth scandal was breaking, I received a Twitter message asking me what I thought of consultants billing taxpayers for their tea and snacks at Tim Hortons when they were being paid thousands of dollars a day.[...]


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June 23, 2009, 8:18 am
Ontario Ombudsman Provides Value, Good Governance in Hard Times. Annual Report 2008-2009
(Marketwire) wrote:
TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - June 23, 2009) - In releasing his fourth annual report today, Ontario Ombudsman Andre Marin demonstrates how his office "delivers big value on a small budget," through efficient, hard-hitting investigations that help make government better. "At times like these, the value of public services comes into sharp focus," Mr. Marin says in the report, which reviews his ...


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June 23, 2009, 12:56 am
This watchdog has bark -- and tweets about it
(Toronto Sun) wrote:
Recently, as the eHealth scandal was breaking, I received a Twitter message asking me what I thought of consultants billing taxpayers for their tea and snacks at Tim Hortons when they were being paid thousands of dollars a day.


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June 19, 2009, 11:42 am
Current Conditions V2
(Action News 24 Erie) wrote:
Yes, it was so fun! No, but I would like to someday. No, I'm scared of heights.


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