Daycare Workers Charged with Drugging Children
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Two daycare workers in Ohio have been charged with giving children a dietary supplement in candy in order to make them sleep.
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FDA Expects Recall of Popular Foods to Grow
by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced yesterday that the recall of popular food products containing salmonella-infected hydrolyzed vegetable protein (HVP), which includes foods from Pringles to Herr’s Potato chips, is likely to expand.
CDC: 16 Percent of Young Americans Have Genital Herpes
by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A new study released by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) found that 16 percent of Americans between the ages of 14 and 49 are infected with genital herpes, making it one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases in the U.S.
New “No” Votes Render Health Care DOA
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Hopes for quick passage of the Senate version of health care reform in the U.S. House may have been dealt a death blow by at least seven pro-life members who are now saying they won’t vote for the bill unless it is stripped of all abortion coverage.
New Catholic Prayer Apps for iPhones
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Adding to its impressive list of 140,000 applications - or “apps” - Apple’s popular iPhone now has apps for the Rosary and the Stations of the Cross, with even more devotionals in the works.
Washington’s Death with Dignity Law Claims 47 Lives in First Year
by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The Washington State Department of Health is reporting that 36 people used lethal prescriptions to kill themselves in the first year of the state’s new Death with Dignity Act.
Vatican Tells UN the Drive for “Gender Equality” is Hampering Women
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The Holy See’s permanent observer to the United Nations (UN) said on Monday that some UN programs seeking to advance gender equality are becoming too ideologically driven and have become a hindrance to woman’s advancement.
Vanity Fair Attacks Christianity and Fr. Corapi
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
After calling the city of Cincinnati’s Creation Museum “an armory of righteous revisionism,” a restaurant reviewer at Vanity Fair magazine took aim at Fr. John Corapi, referring to him as “Fr. Crappy” and calling the people who booked his upcoming conference “Neanderthals lacking technology.”
Pastor’s Decision to Uphold Faith Sparks Outrage
Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The decision of a Boulder, Colorado pastor not to allow the child of a lesbian couple to enroll in the parish school is sparking local protests and national controversy.
Rumors of Chaos in Congress
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The heavy-handed push to pass health care reform through a reluctant House is causing a rash of problems from resignations to mini “insurrections.”
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