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...monument to Murphy's Law, the great white Batmobile that will be piloted by Astronauts John Young and Robert Crippen is already two years behind its timetable and $3.6 billion over budget. Only a year ago workmen had diagnosed the ship's ailment as "smallpox," a reference to the holes left in its outer shell when heat-dissipating tiles became unglued. At one time or another, the entire project became unglued. Perhaps it was prophetic that the task force proposing the space shuttle back in 1969 was headed by Vice President Spiro Agnew. In any case, Columbia offers...
DIAGNOSED. UNNAMED INDONESIAN, 17, with a mysterious lung infection; after she inhaled saltwater, sand and mud during last December's tsunami; in Indonesia. The teenager's ailment, identified in a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, is thought to be caused by ingestion of bacteria in saltwater and mud. Dubbed "tsunami lung," it can quickly spread to the brain, causing abscesses and possible paralysis. Although the authors of the study say the disease may be widespread, the World Health Organization believes cases are rare. The study did not name the teenager, who has recovered from the illness...
...forestall disaster, the rules were changed in 1983. A patient's ailment is now assigned to one of 470 diagnosis-related groups, which categorize treatment for everything from appendicitis to viral meningitis. Each DRG carries a fixed reimbursement rate based on the cost of treating the average patient. If a hospital can treat a patient for less than the DRG rate, it can keep the change; if the patient's care exceeds the ceiling, the hospital absorbs the loss. In theory, hospitals will lose money on complicated cases and save on simpler ones, and Medicare costs will be brought under...
...Immigration and Naturalization Service lists seven infectious diseases that are grounds for refusing immigrants entry into the U.S.: active tuberculosis, leprosy, syphilis and four other venereal diseases. Now the U.S. Public Health Service has proposed adding another ailment: acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, which has killed a reported 10,408 Americans...
...Syrian terror connection but as usual accused Israel of terrorist activity and of being responsible for Middle East tensions in general. Though he offered no evidence, Assad broached his own elaborate theory of an Israeli plot in the London El Al incident. Assad, 56, who suffered a serious heart ailment three years ago, appeared in sound health and full of confidence; no question, he said, would embarrass him. During a four-hour conversation, his words on terrorism and regional tensions were occasionally leavened by banter. At one point, in discussing Soviet-U.S. relations, Assad suggested that only an extraterrestrial...