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SANFORD, Fla. —Seminole County Public Schools Superintendent Serita Beamon was at Seminole High School Monday to tout the success ofSCPS’s Health Academy. The program isn’t new, but it received major renovations and upgrades, including for this new school year, that equip its students with very real and modernized medical equipment and spaces. Beamon says those…
Coffee Recalled in 48 States Over Potential Glass Contamination
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Jersey passes assisted dying legislation but bill for England and Wales remains blocked
The measure which most sets apart the Jersey legislation from the rest of the British Isles concerns the manner in which those eligible for an assisted death can end their lives. Individuals will be able to choose to have a doctor administer a lethal dose intravenously, as happens in Spain, Canada, New Zealand and most…
Why are sperm donors having hundreds of children?
James Gallagher,Health and science correspondentand Catherine Snowdon,Health reporter Getty Some men are having vast numbers of children through sperm donation. This week the BBC reported on a man whose sperm contained a genetic mutation that dramatically raises the risk of cancer for some of his offspring. One of the most striking aspects of the investigation…
I thought my insides were falling out – what I didn’t expect after childbirth
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