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  • For V.A. Hospitals (and Patients), a Major Health Victory

    Although patients go to hospitals to receive medical care, many Americans will acquire infections that did not already have them. The United States as a whole has made modest progress at reducing the rates of hospital-acquired infections. Spearheading the efforts, the Veterans Affairs Medical Centers have devised anti-MRSA strategies to keep patients safe.

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  • When Life Gives You Rainwater, Make Shrimp Ponds

    Farmers in Vietnam face rising sea levels but rejected the city's water engineering projects. They prefer gradual measures to cope with climate change so scientists have allowed the farmers to steer the conversation.

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  • Texas Drought Diminishes, but Enormous Water Loss

    Most of Texas has emerged from a drought that started in early 2011, but water supplies are still far below normal. Scientists are using new technology to monitor ground water levels and contemplate potential conservation methods and broad-scale solutions, while trying to convince policy makers of the reality of these climate-based changes.

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  • Fire Doors And Sprinklers Debut At Garment Factories In Bangladesh

    After the deadliest garment factory disaster in history killed more than 1,100 Bangladeshi workers in 2013, two new international groups conducted inspections of more than 1,700 factories and imposed higher safety standards that the factories must meet to sell to international markets. More than 30 factories were closed as imminent risks. Far more common were problems requiring fixes ranging from simple to costly: upgraded electrical systems, mental fire doors, sprinkler systems, fire alarm systems, and other safety requirements that are gradually taking hold in the industry.

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  • Essential Oils Might Be the New Antibiotics

    Essential oils contain some of the most potent anti-microbial compounds available. Only recently have scientists started pushing fr research to more deeply understand how they can be used to take the place of traditional antibiotics in medicine. The goal is to reduce antibiotics overuse and avoid creating antibiotic resistant "superbugs."

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  • Seniors Take Manhattan

    Cities tend to be dangerous and difficult places to live for older residents. A private public partnership in New York is catering to seniors through small changes in the city such as para-transit options and seniors-only hours at public establishments.

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  • Climate Change Mitigation's best-kept secret

    The breakdown of the ozone layer is one of the most well-known effects of climate change. Citizens enact different ways to protect the atmosphere from a build up of methane gas.

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  • Social Programs That Work

    Some social welfare programs may receive funding but have no evidence of success. By insisting that funds go primarily to programs with rigorous evidence of success, the federal government can make non-partisan decisions that will increase the effectiveness and efficiency of social programs and decrease spending waste. Obama administration evaluated programs based upon their successes and these programs are highlighted.

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  • At Grabiarz School of Excellence in Buffalo, high expectations and rigor breed success

    Grabiarz School of Excellence has a highly motivated principal and a model of support that squeezes in learning at every opportunity. So far, it’s working as teachers make sure to maximize instruction time.

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  • Big Ideas in Social Change, 2014

    A overview of 2014's Fixes columns - connecting the dots between 60 or so ways that people are trying to change the world.

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