Tag Archives: radiant news roundup
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25% of Nigerian Boys & Men Say It’s Ok to Beat a Woman And More Stories in this Radiant Weekly News Roundup
Will Midwifery Change in Nigeria? [fl]N[/fl]igeria has the second highest rate of maternal and infant deaths in the world. There are many reasons for the devastating figures that emerge year after year, but one factor is certainly access to care. In rural areas, where hospitals are sparse, and pr...
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Radiant Weekly News Digest: One Chibok Girl Rescued And Other Stories
Have We Rescued One of Our Girls? Earlier this week, one of the kidnapped Chibok girls was discovered and rescued by a member of the Civilian Joint Task Force. Amina Ali Nkeki was found while foraging for firewood in the forest near the Cameroonian border. She has been positively identified by ...
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Some Americans Will Have Medical Debt Wiped From Credit
The three major credit reporting companies, Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion, will no longer include paid medical debt in their credit ... read more
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Natural Gas Used to Heat Homes Contains Some Harmful Chemicals
A new study published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology has found that several dangerous cancer-causing chemicals are present ... read more
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Uterine Cancer Claims Many Black Lives
Instances of endometrial cancer, also known as uterine cancer, are on the rise, especially among Black women. Cancer of the ... read more
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Babies and Toddlers Get COVID-19 Shots
The CDC has approved Pfizer’s and Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccines for America’s youngest citizens. Children as young as six months will ... read more
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