Source: Yahoo! News The birth rate, which takes into account changes in the population, fell to 13.5 births for every 1,000 people last year. That’s down from 14.3 in 2007 and way down from 30 in 1909, when it was common for people to have big families. The situation is a striking turnabout from 2007, [...]
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Five percent of the population of Key West, Florida — more than 1,000 people — have been infected at some point with the dengue virus, government researchers reported on Tuesday.
Most probably did not even know it, but the findings show the sometimes deadly infection is making its way north into the United States, [...]
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The Colorado Division of Wildlife is reporting an outbreak of distemper among the raccoon population around Glenwood Springs. Perry Will, area wildlife manager for the DOW, said that the DOW has received hundreds of phone calls in the past few weeks from residents regarding raccoons acting strangely. [...]
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Source: PostIndependent.com
The Colorado Division of Wildlife is reporting an outbreak of distemper among the raccoon population around Glenwood Springs. Perry Will, area wildlife manager for the DOW, said that the DOW has received hundreds of pho… [...]
Source: Reuters
Nearly 40 million Americans received food stamps — the latest in an ever-higher string of record enrollment that dates from December 2008 and the U.S. recession, according to a government update.
Food stamps are the primary federal anti-hunger program, helping poor people buy food. Enrollment is highest during times of economic distress. The jobless rate [...]
