Battelle gets passed over for children’s health study
Article from Columbus Dispatch:
The federal government has bypassed Battelle in awarding the latest round of contracts for the pilot phase of the nation’s most-ambitious long-term health study of children.
Battelle had submitted bids for nearly $ 42 million worth of work that instead was awarded in late September to the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago and Northwestern University.
In 2009, in the early days of the National Children’s Study, Battelle had anticipated at least $ 340 million in contracts during the first decade of the federally funded project, which is expected to cost $ 3 billion to $ 7 billion over the course of more than 30 years.
But Battelle now sounds more cautious, given the financial pressures the study has been facing.
“There is no predicting how this project will continue to be funded and to which organizations the government will…………………continues on Columbus Dispatch
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Doctors’ view: Marriage amendment harmful to health of children, adolescents
Article from Duluth News Tribune:
Recently the board of directors for the Minnesota Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics voted unanimously to sign on to the coalition Minnesotans United for All Families, joining more than 600 organizations opposing a constitutional amendment that would limit the freedom to marry in Minnesota.
You might ask why Minnesota’s pediatricians decided to take a stand on such a controversial issue. The reason is simple: It affects the patients we see every day.
In Minnesota, thousands of children are being raised by same-sex couples. As an advocate for children and their families, MN-AAP believes a marriage amendment would be harmful to the health and well-being of children and adolescents in at least three fundamental ways.
First, it would hurt and demean those parents in our practices who are in committed relationships but happen to be of the same sex. These parents love and support their children as much as heterosexual pa…………………continues on Duluth News Tribune
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