Month: February 2015

An advocacy group for the deaf on Thursday sued Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, saying the prestigious schools had violated laws by posting online video and audio recordings for public use that lacked accurate captions. Two lawsuits charged that Harvard and MIT said the webcast recordings were intended to provide the public free access to the schools but were unusable by people with difficulty hearing because they either lacked captions or had captions that were so poor as to be unusable. "Harvard has largely denied access to this content to the approximately 48 million – nearly one out of five – Americans who are deaf or hard of heading," plaintiffs, including the National Association for the Deaf, said in a filing in U.S. District Court in Boston on Thursday.

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Two British military healthcare workers who were flown home after their possible exposure to the Ebola virus have been discharged from hospital, government agency Public Health England said on Thursday. The Royal Free Hospital in London admitted the two workers on Jan. 31 and Feb. 2 after they had received needle injuries in two separate incidents in Sierra Leone, where they were helping to combat the Ebola epidemic. Public Health England said neither had shown any symptoms of the virus. “The individuals will receive ongoing monitoring and support while residing in appropriate private accommodation close to the Royal Free.
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KRAKOW, Poland (AP) — Just weeks ago he was near death, with almost no heart beat and body temperature at 12.7 degrees Celsius (55F.)

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Diet and exercise alone can't lead to sustained weight loss, say experts …. Many obese people are able to lose weight for a few months, but the majority … obese person regains a healthy Body Mass Index via diet and/or exercise.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is joining with lawmakers and government leaders to cast a spotlight on the issue of suicide among veterans.
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