The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices met in Atlanta on Wednesday, Feb 25. The committee makes recommendations to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Among the latest recommendations: the Hepatitis-A vaccine for people who come in contact with international adoptees.
Dr. Cindy Weinbaum, a medical epidemiologist with the CDC, said the recommendations cover adoptions from [...]
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That’s what officials told a hopeful father in the UK. Damien and Charlotte Hall have been married for 11 years, and after trying unsuccessfully to have a baby of their own, decided to try to adopt a child.
But officials in the city of Leeds in northern England told Damien that he would have to lose [...]
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In 2004, Frank Gill opened his home as a foster parent to two young brothers. The children are adoptable, and Gill really wants to adopt them. But until today, he was not allowed to. Frank Gill is gay.
In 1977, Florida passed a law prohibiting homosexual individuals from adopting children. But on Tuesday, Judge Cindy Lederman [...]
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I have to admit that I am intrigued by large families?perhaps because we have 5 children. I had a rare opportunity to watch TV this evening and I saw a few minutes of Nanny 911. The family that was featured on this episode that aired tonight has?drum roll please?43 kids.
Jim Silcock and his [...]
Tags: Adoption, case studies, children, First Step Inc, foreign adoption, foster care, large families, Nanny 911, Silcock Family, Special Needs
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Most of us at one point in time have considered giving our children ?back? to wherever they came from. A few parents I know have actually threatened their irritating teenagers or toddlers with such a punishment.
In Nebraska, parents of 35 children have done just that.
The idea is to reduce infanticide. Every state in the US [...]
Tags: abandon, Adoption, Nebraska, safe haven
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