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Flushing bacteria hope for Tamar RiverTuesday, April 15, 2008 @ 6:00PMTasmania's Launceston City Council hopes a flushing of the Tamar River will ease community concern about levels of bacteria in the water.

Nonprofit news roundup for April 7, 2008Monday, April 7, 2008 @ 1:01PMNonprofit hospitals have struck it rich through soaring investments and profitable mergers, and are now facing questions about whether they still merit the large tax breaks originally intended to subsidize their service to the poor, The Wall Street Journal reported April 4. Many nonprofit hospitals, which account for 60 percent of U.S. hospitals, are outperforming their for-profit counterparts ...

Climate change could fuel cataracts boom: Hollows FoundationSunday, April 6, 2008 @ 4:38PMThe Fred Hollows Foundation has issued a warning that people around the world are in greater danger of losing their vision because of climate change.

Climate change could fuel cataracts boom: Hollows FoundationSunday, April 6, 2008 @ 4:38PMThe Fred Hollows Foundation has issued a warning that people around the world are in greater danger of losing their vision because of climate change.

Eye Disease Continuing to Increase Among AmericansWednesday, April 2, 2008 @ 7:00AM Millions of Americans are currently living with age-related eye disease and, according to the latest research from Prevent Blindness America and the National Eye Institute, that number is continuing to climb.