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...paper, estimating that every year, seven of the 12 routine childhood vaccinations given in the U.S. prevent 14 million disease cases and 33,000 deaths. The JAMA authors believe their own death-rate reduction figures may in fact underestimate the true benefits of vaccination. The numbers don't account for chronic disease averted because of a prevented infection: Hepatitis B, for example, is a major risk factor for liver cancer...
...altered by the actions of a small number of individuals. Certainly, one of his criticisms of the Peace Conference at Versailles is that only a handful of ill-informed Ivy League intellectuals were entrusted with the task of redrawing the global map. But what makes Andelman’s account of the Peace Conference so enjoyable to read is his depiction of the players who take the field at Versailles. Each country’s concerns are embodied in the persons of their delegates, and Andelman spends as much time exploring the personal histories of these individuals as he does...
...Harvard Student Agencies that gives undergraduates an opportunity to buy class rings. The contract for the program was renewed at last week’s meeting of the full UC, with the provision that “funds generated through the contract shall be placed into an account which shall be opened independently by the President of the Undergraduate Council...
...past five years, Citi went from also-ran to leading issuer of the CDOs that take subprime mortgages or other loans and reprocess them into purportedly low-risk securities. Market jitters and ratings-agency downgrades have sent CDOs into a free fall--and now the banks have to account for the losses...
...Delaware announced last Friday that it would suspend its diversity training program for first-year students. Since its inception in August, the program has drawn heat at the university and nationally because of its controversial content. Many first-year students at Delaware expressed intense discomfort with the program on account of its divisive mechanisms. Students were forced to publicly state stereotypes they held and their views on divisive issues like race and gay marriage, making students uncomfortable just as they were settling into their new homes. Not only did the program make many students feel pressured to express university-approved...