Katrina’s painful legacy still lingers in New Orleans Allen G. Breed and Cain Burdeau NEW ORLEANS — Two years after Hurricane Katrina, much of the “city that care forgot’’ still lies in ruins. Full story Participants in the Boston Neighborhoods Healthy Families program at Crittenton Women’s Union share a smile. The program — open to first-time parents under the age of 20 at the time of their referral that are pregnant or parenting a child 3 years old or younger — focuses on health, well-being and parenting relationships. Parents participate while Healthy Families staff members and volunteers provide childcare. (Photo courtesy of Crittenton Women’s Union) Feds’ report says BU biolab safe for S. End Dan Devine In a report released last week, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) concluded that a biocontainment laboratory being built by Boston University to study life-threatening diseases poses no threat to the safety of residents in the surrounding South End neighborhood. The study attempted to address concerns raised by opponents to the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL), commonly referred to as the “biolab,” in lawsuits filed last year. Full Story More News September 13, 2007 DIVERSITY TODAY CAREER EXPLOSION Click here for more information

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• MIT professor resigns to protest colleague’s tenure denial

• Sheriff Cabral, leading Mass. legislators endorse Hillary Clinton

•State Dept. of Public Health devotes $600K in anti-crime funding to hospitals across Mass.


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