Mortality rates up in all working-age cohorts of Russian males

Mortality rates up in all working-age cohorts of Russian males
by Paul Goble Russian adult males in all age cohorts have seen their mortality rates rise, in some case dramatically over the last 40 years, a pattern that is especially disturbing one Moscow commentator says because deaths among young Russian men have the effect of pushing down life expectancy far more than deaths among older cohorts. In a commentator on Left.ru, communist commentator Anna …
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Local effort creates Stewards of Children
Robin Standridge is a mandated reporter. As a requirement of her profession — as the drug-free communities director for the Alliance of Southwest Missouri and as a director and organizer for several children’s organizations — she is required to report any instance in which she has a reasonable suspicion that a child is being abused.
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