Summer risks rise in Kansas health advisory reading
An adjunct herpetologist cites common summer injuries from yard work and power tools while warning of heat stroke in the young and elderly. West Nile virus, skin cancer, and drowning dangers are highlighted alongside proper sun protection, safe boating, and picnic hygiene to prevent illness and fatalities.
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Robinson
Kansas
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
KCHE
U.S. population nears 300 million driven by immigrants
Census Bureau figures show 299,061,199 residents as of noon Sunday, with births, deaths and immigration shaping growth. Immigrants total 36 million, about one in eight, as whites non Hispanic decline to a minority by 2040s while Hispanics rise, and demographic shifts reshape culture and politics.
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United States
Howard Hogan
Census Bureau
U.S
William Frey
Brookings Institution
Washington
Clara Rodriguez
Fordham University
China
India
America
Carl Haub
Population Reference Bureau
Frey
City to identify nuisance homes under disorderly house rules
City officials outline a revised process to identify nuisance homes linked to two or more crimes in a year. A nuisance abatement conference can order evictions or bans, with courts and police now sharing data to target problem addresses and reduce noise complaints.
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Scott Miller
Miller
Jerry Little
Stuart
Lawrence
Dan Ward
Buffett to begin donating fortune of 44 billion
Warren Buffett plans to start giving away about 44 billion dollars now. He told Fortune editor Carol Loomis that he wants Gates Foundation to receive a large share to maximize impact and ease distribution through established charities. He outlined directing 10 million B shares to the Gates Foundation and smaller holdings to the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation and his children's foundations.
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Fett
Fortune Magazine
Carol Loomis
Buffett
Fortune
Bill and Melinda Gates
Tiger Woods
Andy Kilpatrick
Warren Buffett
Gates
Kilpatrick
Gateses
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
HGB
Howard G. Buffett Foundation
Gates Foundation
Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation
Melinda Gates
Bill Gates
New York
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Test could help diagnose Alzheimer's disease
A Washington University team led by Dr. Randall Bateman develops a test to monitor amyloid beta production and clearance in the body. In six healthy volunteers the protein was produced and cleared rapidly, suggesting Abeta is generated faster than previously measured and guiding future studies in patients with Alzheimer's.
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Washington
Randall J. Bateman
Washington University
St. Louis
Nature Medicine
Bateman
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