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US Hospitals Step Up Fight Against Infections As Superbugs Proliferate

Michael Claes, 62, who contracted a superbug while in the hospital, shows a bottle of one of his daily medications on Monday, April 8, 2013 as he recovers at home in New York. Claes caught a bad case of a diarrheal illness caused by Clostridium dificile, while he was a kidney patient at New York […]

Associated Press
بواسطة Associated Press

NEW YORK — They sweep. They swab. They sterilize. And still the germs persist. In U.S. hospitals, an estimated 1 in 20 patients pick up infections they didn't have when they arrived, some caused by dangerous 'superbugs' that are hard to treat. The rise of these superbugs, along with increased pressure from the government and insurers, is

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Part 2: Who Are The Citizen Journalists That Have Emerged As Major Players In Media World?

A photo taken by citizen journalist Shameel Arafin of fellow citizen journalists taking photos, at an Occupy Wall Street demonstration in New York City late fall 2011. (Photo/Shameel Arafin) There are two types of citizen journalists: the accidental documenter and the motivated newsmaker. Inspired by a desire to shape public discussion and highlight the forgotten […]

Trisha Marczak
بواسطة Trisha Marczak

There are two types of citizen journalists: the accidental documenter and the motivated newsmaker. Inspired by a desire to shape public discussion and highlight the forgotten news of their time, the latter form dedicates time, energy and resources to fill the gaps left empty by larger media outlets. Read Part 1 of this special Mint Press News

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Inmates Take Over Baltimore Prison — Four Guards Impregnated By Same Inmate

More than a dozen guards at the Baltimore City Detention Center helped a dangerous national gang operate a drug-trafficking and money-laundering scheme from behind bars that involved cash payments, sex and access to fancy cars, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. (Photo/screen grab via YouTube) In Maryland, more than a dozen state correction guards have been accused […]

Frederick Reese
بواسطة Frederick Reese

In Maryland, more than a dozen state correction guards have been accused of assisting a major national prison gang in trafficking drugs and laundering money from behind bars. In a sealed criminal indictment presented before the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland this week, 13 female correction officers are being charged with federal

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When It Comes To Party Lines, The Tuition Freeze Debate Is All Over The Map

Students at a Nov. 10, 2011 protest on Montreal protest tuition hikes. As cash-strapped state and national governments put higher education on the chopping block amid global austerity, many students and legislaters are calling for tuition freezes and other policies to keep universities accesible. (Photo/shahk via Flickr) Colleges and universities throughout the nation are bowing […]

Trisha Marczak
بواسطة Trisha Marczak

Colleges and universities throughout the nation are bowing to the pressure of state legislators, reversing tuition hikes in the face of opposition from lawmakers. It’s a move that’s drawing support and opposition from the most unlikely of places -- in Wisconsin, it’s applauded by Republican lawmakers and condemned by students. In states like

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ACLU Challenges Sexist City Ordinances Tying Domestic Abuse Reports To Eviction

Witold “Vic” Walczak, the Pennsylvania legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union, left, leaves the federal building in Scranton, Pa., with Anthony Romero, ACLU Executive Director, in this file photo. The Pennsylvania ACLU, along with others, has filed a federal lawsuit challenging a municipal ordinance that punishes tenants for requesting police assistance. (AP Photo/Steve […]

Trisha Marczak
بواسطة Trisha Marczak

For women living in Norristown, Penn., being abused by a partner will not only bring psychological and physical harm -- it could also lead to homelessness. While living in the city of 32,000, Lakisha Briggs was repeatedly beaten with a brick and stabbed by her boyfriend. Even as her life was being threatened, she hesitated calling local law

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Florida Unemployment System’s ‘Skills Test’ Violates Civil Rights Act, US Labor Dept Finds

In this Wednesday, Dec. 12 2012 photo a job seeker leaves his contact information with a potential employer during a job fair in New York. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Civil Rights Center has discovered that Florida’s unemployment system, as the percentage of unemployed people in Florida getting benefits dropped to 15 percent, is filled […]

Martin Michaels
بواسطة Martin Michaels

In a groundbreaking investigation, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Civil Rights Center found earlier this month that Florida's unemployment system is filled with civil rights abuses. Because of difficult “skills tests,” Florida’s denial rate for unemployment applications jumped nearly 70 percent in the first three months of 2012, as the percentage

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