BAGHDAD — Iraq “cracked down harshly” on freedom of expression and assembly in 2011 by intimidating, beating and detaining activists and journalists, Human Rights Watch said Sunday in its World Report 2012 . Read full article > >

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New human rights report details crackdowns in Iraq

The Health and Human Services study said that caregivers often do not recognize what harms patients.

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Study of Medicare Patients Finds Most Hospital Errors Unreported

Syrian authorities have moved perhaps hundreds of detainees to military sites to hide them from Arab League monitors, Human Rights Watch said.

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D.C. Council member Marion Barry is driving legislation to give ex-offenders legal safeguards against employment discrimination, a proposal that unnerves some in the business community and several activists covered by similar protections. Hoping to jump-start a proposal that has floated for a decade, Barry (D-Ward has been reaching out to council colleagues to gauge interest in adding people charged with a crime to the city’s Human Rights Act. Read full article > >

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Marion Barry seeks anti-bias protection for those with ‘past arrests and convictions’

The Church of England should highlight the human cost of financial injustice, the former canon chancellor of St Paul’s Cathedral says.

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On this crowded, hot, trampled planet, one of the most vexing trends is something countless of us see when we look in the mirror: We’re going gray. The United Nations has declared that the human population will hit 7 billion Monday, and an expanding percentage of those people are in the market for reading glasses. Read full article > >

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World population not only grows, but grows old

On this crowded, hot, trampled planet, one of the most vexing trends is something countless of us see when we look in the mirror: We’re going gray. The United Nations has declared that the human population will hit 7 billion Monday, and an expanding percentage of those people are in the market for reading glasses. Read full article > >

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World population not only grows, but grows old

Boys should routinely get vaccinated against the human papillomavirus at age 11 or 12 to protect them against genital warts and certain cancers and to reduce the risk that they will spread the virus to girls, a federal advisory panel recommended Tuesday. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), which helps set standards for childhood and other vaccinations, voted overwhelmingly to bring the recommendation for boys in line with that for girls. The vote was 13 in favor, with one member abstaining. Read full article > >

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Routine HPV vaccination recommended for boys

Boys should get routine vaccinations against the human papillomavirus (HPV) at age 11 or 12 to protect them against genital warts, a federal advisory panel recommended Tuesday. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), which helps set standards for childhood and other vaccinations, voted overwhelmingly to bring the recommendation for boys in line with that for girls. The vote was 13 in favor, with one member abstaining. Read full article > >

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The founding president of the UK’s Supreme Court, Lord Phillips, has defended the Human Rights Act as he announces his retirement.

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Retiring top judge defends rights

STOCKHOLM — The 2011 Nobel Prize in literature was awarded on Thursday to Tomas Transtromer of Sweden, whose surrealistic works about the mysteries of the human mind won him wide recognition as the most influential Scandinavian poet of recent decades. Characterized by powerful imagery, Transtromer’s poems are often built around his own experiences and infused with his love of music and nature. His later poems are darker, probing existential questions of life, death and disease. Read full article > >

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Swedish poet Tomas Transtromer wins Nobel literature prize for ‘condensed, translucent’ works

Researchers report that throat cancers caused by the human papillomavirus, transmitted during oral sex, have increased significantly in the United States.

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Study Cites Increase in Throat Cancers Caused by HPV

Scenes from the Human Rights Campaign dinner: A week after chiding the Congressional Black Caucus to “stop complaining,” President Obama returned Saturday to the Washington Convention Center with a more rah-rah message for the gay-rights crowd. Big cheers when he dinged GOP hopefuls for that moment at a recent debate when some audience members booed a gay soldier’s question . “You want to be commander-in-chief?” Obama said. ”You can start by standing up for the men and women who wear the uniform of the United States.” (More from the president’s HRC speech .) Read full article > >

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Human Rights Campaign dinner: President Obama, Sarah Jessica Parker, Mike Bloomberg, Greyson Chance (photos)

Home Secretary Theresa May calls for the UK’s Human Rights Act to be scrapped, saying it causes problems for the Home Office.

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May wants Human Rights Act axed

IBM supercomputer Watson made headlines a few months ago by beating two “Jeopardy!” champions on national television. Now, Watson has a new gig: doctor. On Monday, health insurance company Wellpoint announced a partnership with IBM to “develop Watson-based solutions to help patient care through the delivery of up-to-date, evidence-based health care for millions of Americans.” Patients are unlikely to have a Dr. Watson, rather, their human physicians would consult with the computer’s database in treating patients. Read full article > >

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