A popular L.A. sheriff touted reforms in a troubled system. Then a young FBI agent showed up

Sheriff Lee Baca promised transparency. He’d won praise for an inmate-education program. But stories persisted of violent and corrupt jailers, of an institutional culture that resisted all efforts to root it out.

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Mobile-Based Tool to Address Heavy Drinking in Young Adults Passes Pilot Phase

Young adults who drink heavily reported that a specific intervention that provides personalized feedback on daily drinking would be beneficial for people who want to reduce their drinking and would encourage self-reflection among those who are not yet ready to change their drinking habits. The young adults were participants in a pilot study of a first-of-its-kind technology aimed at reducing heavy drinking in young adults through self-selected goal setting and daily personalized feedback based on self-reported behaviors related to drinking. The study is described in Alcohol: Clinical and Experimental Research.
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2024 Surinderjit Singh Young Lectureship Award Winner

Newswise imageThe American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AANEM) is excited to announce Marcos V. Oliveira Marques, MD, as the 2024 Surinderjit Singh Young Lectureship Award recipient.
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Young girl killed when a hole she dug in the sand collapsed on a Florida beach, authorities said

Authorities say a young girl was buried in sand and died when a deep hole she was digging with a little boy collapsed on them both at a south Florida beach
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Special college fair helps young cancer patients ‘unlock’ their future

Newswise imageOn Thursday, March 2, 42 teens and young adults, all patients in the Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology Program (AYA), attended “Unlock Your Future,” the inaugural college and career program for oncology and hematology patients. Part of the DanceBlue Kentucky Children’s Hospital Hematology/Oncology Clinic, the AYA program provides treatment and support for cancer and hematology patients age 15-29.
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Report: Young teens are stumbling across porn. Here’s how they find it

Families waiting to talk about pornography until their children are teenagers should move up that schedule, according to a new report.
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Police: 2 young children stabbed to death in Bronx apartment

Police say two small children died of stab wounds after their mother was taken into custody for observation in New York City
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CDC recommends Covid-19 vaccines for children as young as 6 months, clearing the way for vaccinations to begin soon

US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky signed off on Covid-19 vaccinations for children under 5 on Saturday, clearing the way for vaccinations to be administered soon.

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FDA advisers vote in favor of authorizing Covid-19 vaccines for children as young as 6 months

Vaccine advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration voted unanimously on Wednesday in favor of expanding the emergency use authorizations for the Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccines to include children as young as 6 months.

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Back to School: Florida State University Center Provides Resources for Families to Help Young Learners

By: Nathan Archer | Published: August 5, 2021 | 10:50 am | SHARE: As children across the country prepare to go back to the classroom — some for the first time since the COVID-19 global pandemic began — the Florida Center for Reading Research (FCRR) at Florida State University has launched a resource section specifically for families navigating those crucial early years of learning.
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