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MessageShould healthcare workers be required to be vaccinated for the flu?
by The Immunization Initiative
The most vulnerable people in our society need health workers. People with chronic diseases, elderly people and infants all come into contact with healthcare workers constantly. These are the same people who are at the greatest risk of death or serious consequences from the flu. Whether or
Raise awareness for the nearly 9,000 women and children who die every day from preventable diseases
by CARE: Defending Dignity, Fighting Poverty
Nothing hurts a mother more than seeing her child suffer and not being able to provide relief. Every day, close to 1,000 pregnant and new moms and more than 8,000 infants younger than a month old will die, just like they do every single day. The sad fact is more than 7 million children die each year
Save the stage - Protect school music programs
Plato once said that music "is a more potent instrument than any other form of education". A recent study from the University of California supported the Greek philosopher's theory, demonstrating that music trains the brain for higher forms of thinking. Second graders who were given music lessons
Get a library card to help keep your local library open!
by Education
At the age of 91 Ray Bradbury, author of Farenheit 451 among other sci-fi classics, passed away in Los Angeles last Tuesday. Always the avid reader, Bradbury once confessed "'Libraries raised me…I couldn't go to college, so I went to the library three days a week for 10 years.” But could a young