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    U.S. Charter School Enrollment Hits Milestone, But Questions Remain

    Dec 07, 2011 08:32 PM EST

    ... Choice of Schools on PBS. See more from PBS NEWSHOUR. And a charter school in New York City started to teach children and teens with autism: Watch Autism Now: Demand for Educational Resources for Children Outstrips Supply on PBS. See more from PBS NEWSHOUR. Browse more education-related stories, and ...

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    Advisory Panel: Essential Health Benefits Package Must Be Affordable

    Oct 07, 2011 02:21 PM EST

    ... open to the kinds of denials" of coverage "that Congress said should not happen." Some insurers, for example, have refused to provide certain types of autism treatment because they have deemed them educational in nature rather than medical. Another outside reviewer, Gail Wilensky, senior fellow at Project HOPE and former ...

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    Gingrich on New 'Contract With America,' Jobs, Brain Research, Elites

    Sep 29, 2011 10:25 PM EST

    ... That's almost the entire size of the current national debt over - between now and 2050. When you do brain science, you're also doing autism, Parkinson's, mental health, systems of learning. It's an enormous opportunity area that we're currently underfunding and, frankly, not managing very well ...

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    Wednesday's Art Notes

    Aug 17, 2011 04:16 PM EST

    ... The Los Angeles Times looks at a huge new Chinese animation studio, part of the country’s campaign to increase its cultural influence around the world. * Broadway’s “Lion King” announced it will do a special performance for an audience of children with autism in October, via The Associated Press.

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    Top 5 Global Health Headlines: Food Aid for N. Korea, China's Aging Population

    Apr 29, 2011 07:08 PM EST

    ... of its Gardasil vaccine over three years, and the maker of a diagnostic test for HPV is donating 250,000 tests. A Check-List for Autism? A brief checklist may help pediatricians detect autism as early as an infant's first-year checkup, according to new research released on Thursday ...

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    News Wrap: Explosion at Popular Tourist Cafe in Morocco Kills at Least 15

    Apr 28, 2011 10:15 PM EST

    ... Williams, and of course the hymn "Jerusalem." KWAME HOLMAN: The ceremony begins at 6:00 a.m. Eastern time tomorrow. A checklist could help detect autism by a baby's first birthday. Researchers at the University of California, San Diego, reported the finding today, after testing 10,000 babies. The ...

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    Vaccine Producers Victorious in Supreme Court Ruling Over Lawsuits

    Feb 22, 2011 05:00 AM EST

    ... suggest that Congress intended these types of claims to be brought. JUDY WOODRUFF: And, Marcia, this was a case that was watched very -- being watched very closely by vaccine manufacturers. Tell us why. MARCIA COYLE: It was, Judy, because there are pending a large number of autism vaccine-related claims.

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    Top 5 Global Health Headlines: Rape in Haiti Tent Camps, India Rejects HIV Patent

    Jan 06, 2011 10:58 PM EST

    ... Abbott means generic-drug companies can continue selling copies of the medication at a fraction of the price to the developing world. Study Linking Vaccines, Autism Criticized The 1998 study that first linked Autism and Measles, Mumps & Rubella (MMR) vaccines was "an elaborate fraud" based on doctored information, according to ...

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    Tuesday: Rescue Approaches for Chilean Miners; Fort Hood Hearings Begin

    Oct 12, 2010 01:29 PM EST

    ... claims were barred by the vaccine injury act. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in the case. Although the case does not involve autism, it could have a major impact on autism cases -- which now make up the bulk of vaccine court cases, although they are not on ...

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    Supreme Court Weighs Whether Vaccine Makers Can Be Sued

    Oct 12, 2010 04:00 AM EST

    JIM LEHRER: So, OK.So, that's -- that's more than a coin toss. MARCIA COYLE: That's true.And another thing, too, you mentioned in your setup here that -- autism cases. JIM LEHRER: Yes. MARCIA COYLE: Ms. Sullivan pointed out that there are 5,000 autism vaccine-related cases ...