Secret pain and resilience in AIDS era Iowa
Donna Schill reports on Tami Haught Nashua and other Iowans living with HIV AIDS since 1981. The piece recounts stigma, medical advances, and stories of loss fear and resilience as treatment improves and some cases bound to public health maps.
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Tami Haught
Haught
Nashua
Texas
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State officials doubt bullying data
Iowa officials question the low bullying reports four years after a 2007 anti-bullying law. Data from the 2007-08 to 2009-10 school years show less than 2 percent of students bullied, while national studies report higher rates. Iowa Education Director Jason Glass cautioned the figures cannot be trusted.
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Mike Wiser
Gazette
Des Moines
Iowa
U.S. de
Partment of Education
Kimberly Greder
Iowa State University
Iowa Department of Education
Jason Glass
Prenatal DNA Testing Sparks Ethics Debate
The Associated Press reports on fetal DNA testing from maternal blood, promising better prenatal care but raising practical legal and ethical questions. Experts, including Jaime King of UC Hastings, warn about potential misuse and broader societal impacts as science progresses.
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Associated Press
New York
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Jaime King
UC Hastings College of Law
San Francisco
Filipino is world's new shortest man
Junrey Balawing of Sindangan in the southern Philippines was declared the world's shortest man by Guinness World Records on his 18th birthday sparking celebration in his hometown.
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Sindangan
Philippines
Guinness World Records
Junrey Balawing
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