Word: ahead
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...folks at Google think that's too long. Google Flu Trends claims it can pick up signs of health troubles up to two weeks ahead of official health reports, giving communities precious time to protect themselves and hopefully contain the spread of an infectious disease like influenza. Another surveillance company, Veratect, based in Kirkland, Wash., says it picked up the first signs of H1N1 in La Gloria, in Veracruz state, Mexico, as early as April 6, when it received reports of a "strange" respiratory illness there - some 18 days before the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services...
Still, if public-health officials are to keep ahead of the millions of bacteria and viruses that can potentially make us sick, they're going to need all the help they can get. And taking their search outside hospitals and doctors' offices may be an important first step...
...Bomb is something else. There's a lot of text and some artsy/strange pictures to go along with it—not exactly what FlyBy expected when he cracked the issue open. The pdf available online takes a little while to load (116!), but go ahead, angle your computer away from wandering eyes and open it up. Despite the dearth of pure smut, there are at least a few not-so-private parts to be seen...
...Tensions between NATO and Russia have recently escalated over the expulsion from NATO headquarters of two Russian diplomats implicated in a spying scandal uncovered in Estonia last week. And NATO's plans to go ahead with a long-planned monthlong "crisis response" drill involving about 1,000 soldiers from more than 12 NATO member states at another military base near Tbilisi starting Wednesday have exacerbated tensions...
...Ahead of Wednesday's trilateral summit between the Pakistani leader, Afghan President Hamid Karzai and President Barack Obama, U.S. officials were doing their best to soothe congressional skepticism over sending Pakistan's military and political authorities desperately needed infusions of cash. Richard Holbrooke, Obama's special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, told the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Tuesday that Zardari has the Administration's total backing. "He should be treated as the leader of a country who vitally needs our support and whose success is vitally related to American interests," Holbrooke said. Asked whether the Obama Administration...