Thursday, January 18, 2024


Yes Whooping Cough: Tips On How To Protect Your Child.

July 27, 2012 by  
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Tweet (Akiit.com) Whooping cough was once a terrible menace to U.S. children, with hundreds of thousands of cases reported annually. Then a vaccine drove cases down, and the illness became thought of as rare and even antiquated. But it never totally disappeared, and now there’s been a spike in cases. With nearly 18,000 cases so […]

Black Madam – ‘Booty Doc’ Arraigned On Murder Charge.

July 27, 2012 by  
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Tweet (Akiit.com) A woman who calls herself the “Black Madam” is facing murder charges stemming from the death of a tourist from London who received an illegal buttocks-enhancing procedure. Padge Windslowe, 42, was charged in the February 2011 death of Claudia Aderotimi, 20, following a series of silicone injections performed at a hotel near Philadelphia […]

Med Tech Student – Hepatitis C Injections To Patients.

July 27, 2012 by  
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Tweet (Akiit.com) A federal prosecutor said Tuesday he expects to bring more charges against a traveling medical technician accused of infecting 30 patients with hepatitis C in New Hampshire, and health officials said they are casting a wider net as they look for more victims. In his first court appearance on two drug charges, David […]

Jerry Sandusky victims sue Penn State.

July 27, 2012 by  
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Tweet (Akiit.com) For months, the identity of the boy who was sexually assaulted in the locker-room showers by Jerry Sandusky was one of the biggest mysteries of the Penn State scandal. Now, for the first time, a man has come forward publicly to claim he was that boy, and is threatening to sue the university. […]

GOP Mitt Romney’s Olympic Misstep In 2002.

July 27, 2012 by  
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Tweet (Akiit.com) On a trip already marked by misstep, Mitt Romney has an Olympic history that could prove problematic: His stewardship of the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City was not without controversy. Romney and his wife, Ann, are set to attend the opening ceremony at the Summer Games on Friday, an event that […]