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Elizabeth Cooney is a health reporter for the Worcester Telegram &
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« On the blogs: lab waste, hospital competition | Main | New Florida school's dean remembers Harvard scholarship » Tuesday, June 12, 2007Today's Globe: Tufts-NEMC cuts, FBI warnings, autism test cases, China probe, young men's healthAt a time when most Boston teaching hospitals are thriving, Tufts-New England Medical Center is
Lawyers began arguments yesterday in the first of several test cases that may help decide whether the government should pay millions of dollars to parents of children with autism. Nearly 5,000 parents say that vaccinations caused their children to develop autism and many of their claims have been pending for five years. The hearing was held at the "federal vaccine court" set up by Congress 20 years ago when a series of vaccine scares nearly crippled the industry.
Young men are making real strides toward greater sexual responsibility, Laura Lindberg, a senior research associate at the Guttmacher Institute, writes in an opinion piece. But they're getting almost no credit for it, and, worse, a snapshot of current policies shows that we're actually making it more difficult for them to continue their progress as they make the transition toward adulthood and eventual fatherhood. Posted by Elizabeth Cooney at 06:29 AM
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