Charity News from Tuesday, Jul. 3, 2001

American Humane Association Downgrades Rating On The Animal
American Humane Association | The American Humane Association's (AHA) Film and Television Unit today said it has called for the removal of its "No animal was harmed" disclaimer statement from the end credits of the Sony Pictures/Revolution Studios film The Animal. AHA awards ...

American Jewish Committee Disappointed in U.S. Christians Letter to Secretary Powell
American Jewish Committee | The American Jewish Committee has contacted more than 20 American Christian leaders, criticizing as "one-side" a letter they had written to Secretary of State Colin Powell on the Israel-Palestinian crisis. The leaders of Christian denominations ...

Women in Literacy Grants Awarded
ProLiteracy Worldwide | SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, July 3, 2001-Ten organizations will share a total of $60,000 in grants from Women in Literacy/USA (WIL/USA), a global women's literacy campaign supported by Laubach Literacy. Groups receiving grants this year focus on helping ...

Nasopharyngeal Radium Irradiation
National Cancer Institute | Between the 1920s and 1960s, nasopharyngeal radium irradiation (NRI) was considered good medical practice and effective treatment for a number of medical problems of the head and neck. In addition to two case reports (Katz & Preston-Martin, 1984;...

From Mongolia To Fargo, North Dakota: Doctor Comes Home And Brings Two Mongolian Teenagers With Her For Life-Saving Heart Surgery
Samaritan's Purse | Susan Vitalis M.D., a physician with international relief organization Samarian's Purse, is coming home to Fargo on Friday, July 6 to give two Mongolian teenagers with serious heart defects a second chance at life.

 

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