Uninsured patients face lower cancer survival rates
National study by the American Cancer Society finds uninsured cancer patients nearly twice as likely to die within five years as those with private coverage. Screening is less common and diagnosis often occurs at advanced stages, underscoring gaps in the health care safety net. Peggy Hicks laments a preventable loss. The research appears in Cancer with an accompanying editorial urging reform.
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Atlanta
Ance
American Cancer Society
Peggy Hicks
Florida
Cancer
The
Cancer Society
Women testify to widespread sexual incidents by contractors in Iraq
A Texas congressman and a House subcommittee heard testimony that Jamie Leigh Jones and other women were sexually harassed or assaulted while employed in Iraq by Halliburton’s former subsidiary. Barker and three others reported similar abuse, with one case described as retaliation after reporting harassment.
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Washington
U.S
Iraq
House
Texas
Halliburton
Ted Poe
KBR
Jones
House Judiciary Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security
Poe
Tracy Barker
Associated Press
Barker
Basra
Industrial blast at Florida chemical plant kills four
Four people died and at least 14 were injured after explosions and a fire at the T2 Laboratories Inc. plant in Jacksonville, producing chemical solvents and fuel additives. Debris flew several stories, and responders faced an incredibly dangerous scene. All workers were accounted for by evening.
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Jacksonville
Fla
T2 Laboratories Inc
Tom Francis
Francis
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