Boy's Death Fuels Drives to Fund Dental Aid to Poor
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The death of a Prince George's County boy this week from an infection that started with an abscessed tooth has spurred lawmakers to demand better dental care for poor children and has prompted a deluge of calls to local dentists for advice and appointments.
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By helping children abroad, an American couple sought to create a legacy for their son, who died of a heart ailment.
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A seven-year-old boy receives Â£3.85m compensation after being starved of oxygen before birth.
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Rich nations pledged $200 million to fight diseases in poor countries on Wednesday, promising to slash the time it takes to get new vaccines to needy children and save more than a million lives a year.
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One of the biggest reasons that very poor countries can&#39;t provide decent education and health care is that they are stuck in a cycle of debt owed to the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and regional development banks, much of it dating to the
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Unable to tolerate a toothache any  longer, a jobless Hong Kong man tried to kill himself last week  as he could not afford to see a dentist.
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Those $70 lunches and $14 "Death By Chocolate" desserts are gone from the executive menu at the government's legal aid program for the poor. Expensive hotels, limousine services and first-class travel will become rare or disappear, too.
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For years, Michael Bradway had convinced everyone that his son had cystic fibrosis, a life-threatening disease, authorities say. The Connecticut man even persuaded his wife and her parents, who donated more than $38,000 to pay for their grandson's medical care.
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Bulgarians have raised more than leva 1 million (some $690, 000) in a charity campaign for badly ill children initiated by President Georgi Parvanov, his press office said Monday.
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Perhaps it was the cheerleaders from New Jersey who traveled to Washington to present a donation for Thai victims of last month's tsunami. Or maybe it was the little girl from Massachusetts who wrote a letter conveying her sadness about the loss of    King Bhumibol Adulyadej's  21-year-old autistic grandson, who was killed while jet-skiing at a resort.
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THE death of a 13-year-old English boy from an overdose of heroin is a grim reminder of the social cost of what United States President George W. Bush lauded last June as &#39;the first victory in the war on terror&#39;.
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Children from deprived areas are much more likely to have signs of tooth decay, official figures show.
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Children may make up a third of those killed in the Asian tsunami disaster, with many more at risk from disease.
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NAZARETH, Israel -- Busy in a tiny laboratory, Kamal Khawaled thinks he has figured out how to fight tooth decay: with a chemical gel and a small dose of electricity. He hopes to adapt the treatment to make teeth whiter.
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Two million Nigerian children have been orphaned by HIV/AIDS and 900 people are dying needlessly from the virus every day, the international medical aid agency Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF - Doctors Without Borders) said.
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Two men will appear in court following the death of a seven-year-old boy who was killed in a road crash.
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Up to 10,000 people, many of them children, are dying each month from disease and the effects of violence in Darfur camps despite a big international aid effort, the World Health Organization said Monday.