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Speeding to the rescue can have deadly results Ambulances rack up disproportionate crashes, leading some to doubt value of 'running hot' 03/21/2002 By Robert DavisReprinted with permission of USA Today Denver paramedic Otis McKay Jr. saw the fear in the young woman's eyes just before he mowed her down with his 5-ton ambulance. The seasoned paramedic had seen people die before. But watching 19-year-old Virginia Magalhaes-Rosa trying in vain to outrun his out-of-control ambulance in…

The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation 2001/02 Kaiser Media Fellowships Program Meeting of 2001/02 Fellows and Fellowship program advisory committeeSunday, May 19-Monday, May 20, 2002 Hotel Accommodations: The Washington Monarch Hotel, 2401 M Street NW, Washington, D.C., 20037 Sunday, May 19 7:00pm: Meet in hotel lobby 7:30pm: Dinner--The Bistro, The Washington Monarch Hotel (at left of hotel lobby) Monday, May 20 8:30 am: Meet in hotel lobby; depart by taxi for Kaiser D.C. office 1450…

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New voluntary court system helps mentally ill inmates get their lives back on track 11/24/2002 Jenni BergalReprinted with permission of Sun Sentinel It's lunchtime in Room 510 of the Broward County Courthouse, and the judge is clearly worried about the disheveled prisoner with matted hair and glassy eyes sitting shackled before her. The man has been languishing in the county jail for days on a minor trespassing charge. He's a schizophrenic and alcoholic who says…

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The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation: Kaiser Media Fellows: Brenda Wilson Sisters Against AIDS December/January 2001 By Brenda Wilson Reprinted with permission of Heart and Soul. Sisters Against AIDS, Part I Sisters Against AIDS, Part 2

SexSmarts The Kaiser Family Foundation has teamed up with seventeen, the nation's top teen magazine, to create SexSmarts, a campaign to provide young people with information and resources on sexual health issues. The on-going campaign, begun in 2000, addresses a range of topics from decision making about sex, including how to say no, to the real facts on HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). It includes special articles in the magazine, a monthly column…

The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation 2002 Kaiser Media Internships Program: Week 12 program-August 18-21, 2002 Boston, MA Accommodations: Sheraton Commander Hotel, 16 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 Sunday, August 18, 20026:00pm:Dinner, Sheraton Commander Hotel Minuteman Room Review of the Internship, preview television intern tapesMonday, August 19, 20028:00am: Continental breakfast, The 16 Garden Street Restaurant 9:00am: Board bus from hotel to go to Harvard School of Public Health (Contact: Terri Mendoza)677 Huntington Avenue, Kresge Building,…

Health care, without question 09/06/2001 By Robert DavisReprinted with permission of USA Today LAREDO, Texas Hector Salino waits patiently as his wife sees a nurse at their local medical clinic. But he is in no ordinary waiting room, and she is in no ordinary clinic. He stands in the sweltering heat by his dusty pickup, not far from his home, as his wife gets her health care inside a specially equipped, air-conditioned truck. The medical…

The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation Alcon Receives Warning from FDA Problems Involving Test Batches are Fixed, Drug Manufacturer Says 12/09/2000 By Sarah LundayReprinted with permission of The Dallas Morning News Alcon Laboratories Inc. has received a warning letter from federal regulators, saying the drug maker failed to meet several quality and safety standards during a recent inspection. The problems could alter the purity of the company's products, according to the Nov. 17 letter from…