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Three years have passed since Planned Parenthood had been removed from the women's health program, when it was found providing illegal abortions. Rick Allgeyer, director of Texas Health and Human Resource Services Commission, authorized a study along with authors from health Commission and UT Austin's Texas Policy Evaluation Project.

Allgeyer has been forced to take retirement, for criticizing the state decision to cut Planned Parenthood's funds in his study.

A state employee, for over 20 years, Allgeyer, mentioned that cuts in funding were damaging women's health healthcare statewide. The study was published in New England Journal of Medicine in early February. Several other studies have also released similar findings.

Teething isn’t responsible for your baby turning into a cranky one, who’s drooling, not eating and not sleeping. A latest analysis published in the journal Pediatrics has confirmed that high-grade fevers may not be the sign of teething only. Instead, it could be an indication of another illness, and parents and doctors must not ignore it.

Dr. Paul Casamassimo, director of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry’s Pediatric Oral Health and Research and Policy Center, said that if a baby has really high fever, or is in major discomfort, or isn’t eating or drinking anything for days, then don’t take it lightly, it is a red flag for concern.

In Washington State, an investigation is on into the conduct of a surgery technologist who's accused of a powerful painkiller robbery from a Colorado hospital.

Court records have shown that the 28-year-old Rocky Allen has been thrown away from a number of hospitals in many states. In the past, he has worked at Northwest Hospital & Medical Center in Seattle.

The agencies said that the Washington State Department of Health, King County Public Health, and Northwest Hospital & Medical Center are presently in initial stages of trying to determine if any patients have been put at risk when Allen worked in Seattle.

Medical experts at Johns Hopkins Hospital have been working hard to develop plans for the first US penis transplant, but prior to that, they are trying to seek answers for some strange and complicated questions. This will be the first ever transplant in the United States. Earlier, two penis transplants have been conducted in other parts of the world. One was successful, one failed.

Here’s the number of challenges present on the way. Dr. Richard Redett, director of pediatric plastic and reconstructive surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, said that in the beginning, the focus will be on people suffering from post-traumatic deformities, mainly veterans injured in battle.

The Rapa Nui Island, famous for its homogenous stone statue called Moai, was named Eastern Island during its discovery by a Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen in 1722. Once it was home to civilization of monolithic era that later became extinct. Many archeologists have different views regarding what led to the demise of Rapa Nui. Two possible answers to the question by historians and archeologists are in conflict with each other.

Every year, during shark season, Professor Stephen M. Kajiura of Florida Atlantic University receives reports that thousands of sharks are moving near the shores. December to April is a time when sharks migrate from cold water in search of food, said Kajiura.

Kajiura said he surveys the Florida beaches every year from December to April to see herd of sharks travelling near the beaches. Last week, professor Kajiura saw thousands of blacktip sharks when he was flying over a beach in his plane. He captured a video and posted it on the Internet. Since then, the footage has gone viral on the social media.