Number of Americans living in poverty, highest in 52 years
NEW YORK, Oct 01, Xinhua: Once a month, 150
people crowd into the community room of a low-income housing complex
in Irvington, New Jersey, about a 30-minute drive from New York
City. Most of them are seniors who worked hard all their lives.
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Targeted back pain care ‘cheaper and better for patients’
More targeted treatment for back pain improves
care and “substantially” reduces healthcare costs, say scientists.
Instead of a “one size fits all” approach, different treatments were
offered depending on the severity of the condition.
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China ready for next space leap
The 10.5m-long, cylindrical module will be
unmanned for the time being, but the country’s astronauts, or
yuhangyuans, are expected to visit it next year. Tiangong-1 will
demonstrate the critical technologies needed by China to build a
fully fledged space station - something it has promised to do at the
end of the decade.
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