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India’s stretched health care fails millions in rural areas

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:28:11 GMT

SURGUJA, India (AP) — Poonam Gond is learning to describe her pain by numbers.Zero means no pain and 10 is agony. Gond was at seven late last month. “I have never known zero pain,” she said, sitting in the plastic chair where she spends most of her days.The 19-year-old has sickle cell disease, a genetic blood disorder. Her medicine ran out weeks ago.Gond’s social worker, Geeta Aayam, nods as she bustles around Gond. She has the same disease — but, with better care, leads a very different life.Hundreds of millions of rural Indians struggle to access care for a simple reason: The country just doesn’t have enough medical facilities. India’s population has quadrupled since its independence in 1947, and an already fragile medical system has been stretched too thin: In the country’s vast countryside, health centers are rare, understaffed and sometimes run out of essential medicines. For hundreds of millions of people, basic health care means a daunting journey to a distant government-run ...

The Skilling Report: Rex Block Behind Chicago's Warmth; Cloudburst brings 'Biblical' Rain tallies to Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:28:11 GMT

WARMTH IN CHICAGO TO LINGER INTO SATURDAY NIGHT--A "REX" BLOCKING PATTERN ALOFT IS BEHIND THE WARMTH'S EXTENDED STAY--GOOD CHANCE OF A 4-DAY STRING OF 80s--THE FIRST SUCH STRING IN 7 MONTHS--BUT LAKE COOLING ON SHORELINE FRIDAY COLD FRONT WHICH BREAKS THE WARMTH HITS WITH T-STORM SAT NIGHT--WINDY, COOLERSo how is it this summer-like warmth is sticking around into the weekend? That a pretty healthy stay for such an unseasonably warm air mass. In fact, it appears 80-degree and warmer highs, such as those which have occurred Wednesday and today (Thursday), will be followed by 80s again Friday and Saturday. The one exception will be along Lake Michigan where cooler air will make it onto the shoreline Friday--though the cool air isn't likely to penetrate very far far inland. The development of SOUTHEAST WINDS means the flow will swipe the beaches and shoreline locations with cooler air off LAKE MICHIGAN Friday. Lake water temps currently average 46.5-degrees sets which means quite a spre...

Manitou Foundation buys Zephyr Theatre property in Stillwater, houses displaced charter school

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:28:11 GMT

River Grove Elementary School in Wilder Forest in May Township in northern Washington County has found a new home — thanks to a White Bear Lake-based foundation.School officials announced Thursday that they would be moving temporarily into the Zephyr Theatre property in downtown Stillwater. On Wednesday, officials from the Manitou Fund said the foundation had entered into a purchase agreement for the property at 601 N. Main St.“We’re extremely excited about this opportunity and are incredibly thankful to Manitou Fund for providing us a unique space in such an amazing location,” said Drew Goodson, the charter school’s executive director. “We look forward to continuing the implementation of our innovative, place-based curriculum along the St. Croix River.”The move, part of an ongoing collaborative partnership with the Manitou Fund, will provide an interim home for the school as it “continues to develop long-term plans to create a forest-based campus and learning center,” G...

Police investigate shooting on MetroLink train

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:28:11 GMT

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - Police are investigating a shooting on a MetroLink train traveling through Illinois on Thursday night.The shooting occurred around 9 p.m. A spokesperson for Bi-State Development, which runs Metro services, said an altercation happened between individuals on an eastbound MetroLink train near the 5th and Missouri station.Shots were fired, and a bullet almost hit a passenger on the train. However, no one was injured.The St. Clair County Sheriff's Office is handling the investigation.The spokesperson for Bi-State said no trains are running between Busch Stadium and Emerson Park. They encouraged riders to use the buses between the stations.This is a developing story. FOX 2 will give updates as more information becomes available.

Avalanche prepare for postseason run without captain Gabriel Landeskog: “It sucks, he’s our leader”

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:28:11 GMT

With each passing game, week and month over the regular season, Bo Byram figured his captain’s knee injury must be more serious than anybody initially thought.Nathan MacKinnon knew he’d play the rest of the year without Gabriel Landeskog a month ago.Coach Jared Bednar said the news wasn’t final until today, when the club announced the man who wears the “C” on his chest would miss Colorado’s postseason run in addition to the entire regular season due to an injury that dates to September 2020, but allowed that conversations have been ongoing for several weeks.The postseason is a 24-hour trip to Nashville away, and Landeskog won’t be lacing up the skates. It may not be a shocking outcome at this point, but it’s a difficult one for Colorado nonetheless.“It sucks, he’s our leader,” Byram, the 21-year-old defenseman, said after Colorado finished off a lackadaisical yet important 4-2 win over Winnipeg on Thursday night. “A lot of guys have done a good job of stepping up in this dress...

Preschoolers with autism more likely to be expelled study finds

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:28:11 GMT

An estimated 16% of children with autism, around one in six, are expelled from preschool programs, according to new research coming out of the University of California, Riverside.  The study, which focused on reports of expulsion from child-care facilities and preschools by parents of 203 autistic children, found that the average age of children removed from these programs was just 3 years old.  “These little kids were asked to leave school because they demonstrated behaviors directly related to their autism,” UC Riverside School of Education professor and the study’s lead author, Jan Blacher, told UC Riverside News. “So, they were being expelled from preschool for the very problems that they needed school for.”  The study also found that characteristics of autism, like challenges communicating and repetitive behaviors, are sometimes viewed as misconduct, which can make children with autism targets for expulsion.  According to Blacher and her co-author, Abby Eise...

Deputies searching for armed man in Riverside County

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:28:11 GMT

Deputies are searching for a 22-year-old man who they believe is armed, officials with the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department announced Wednesday.  On April 11, Lake Matthews Station Sheriff’s deputies responded to reports of a shooting inside a residence located in the 12000 block of Wildflower Lane in Lake Hills.  “The Reporting Party stated that their son had fired several shots into a wall inside the residence,” a RCSD news release stated. “The Reporting Party confronted their son, who immediately ran from the location with the firearm.”  Deputies conducted an extensive air and ground search for the suspect, now identified as Christian Stuart, but were unable to locate him.  During their investigation, authorities learned that the family dog had been grazed by a bullet during the shooting inside the residence. The canine was treated for the injury and is expected to recover.  Stuart is described only as a white male adult with long hair and facial hai...

5 arrested in L.A. County on prostitution charges

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:28:11 GMT

Five people were arrested on prostitution charges during an undercover operation in Pomona on Tuesday.The sting operation targeted sex purchasers and human trafficking in the area near East Holt Avenue and Indian Hill Boulevard, according to Pomona Police Department.During the operation, undercover officers posed as sex workers and were “contacted by sex purchasers” in the area, police said.Five people were taken into custody on alleged prostitution charges:-Timothy Macias, 34, from San Dimas-Mark Mendoza, 20, from Pomona-Juan Ramirezgonzalez, 40, from Rialto-Emmanoel Zakarian, 26, from Glendale-Micaelo Duran, 26, from Rowland HeightsThe operation was a joint effort by the Pomona Police Department Special Investigations Unit (SIU) and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department of Human Trafficking Team. 16 arrested in L.A. County for soliciting prostitution Investigators believe there may be unidentified victims related to human trafficking and are asking anyone with information ...

Estados Unidos alerta sobre posibles atentados con bombas en Guayaquil

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:28:11 GMT

(CNN) — La embajada de Estados Unidos en Ecuador informó a través de un comunicado este jueves que delincuentes estarían planeando diversos atentados bomba en diferentes puntos de la ciudad costera de Guayaquil.“La Misión de Estados Unidos en Ecuador ha recibido información creíble de que los delincuentes pueden estar planeando realizar atentados con bombas en múltiples lugares desconocidos alrededor de Guayaquil la noche del 13 de abril de 2023”, fue el mensaje difundido por la delegación diplomática por sus canales oficiales.La embajada sugirió a la población tener cuidado de su entorno, mantener alto nivel de vigilancia y perfil bajo, monitorear medios de comunicación locales y evitar multitudes.Asesinan a tres agentes penitenciarias frente a cárcel de Guayaquil en la que encontraron muertos a seis reos esta semanaLa Policía Nacional respondió que tras la alerta recibida por Estados Unidos se ha reforzado la seguridad y los patrullajes en Guayaquil y en todo el país.“Se man...

Kempe’s hat trick sends 3rd-place Kings past NHL-worst Ducks

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:28:11 GMT

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Adrian Kempe had three goals and an assist and the Los Angeles Kings clinched third place in the Pacific Division on Thursday night with a 5-3 victory over the Anaheim Ducks, who will have the best odds in the draft lottery after finishing with the NHL’s worst record.Captain Anze Kopitar scored a first-period goal that made him Los Angeles’ leading scorer for the 15th time in the last 16 seasons, while Kempe and Trevor Moore scored 49 seconds apart in the second period of the 159th regular-season edition of the Freeway Faceoff.Kempe completed his fourth career hat trick on an empty-net goal with 1:39 to play, and dozens of visiting Kings fans littered the ice in celebration.Shaking off a 2-5-0 skid that scuttled their chances at the division title, the Kings won their final two games to finish with 104 points, the second-most in franchise history behind the 1974-75 squad (105).Troy Terry, Max Jones and Trevor Zegras scored for the Ducks, who wrapped up o...