Word: barriere
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...recorded history, no disease has jumped the species barrier to infect humans, caused an epidemic, and then never threatened us again?not without the discovery of a vaccine or cure to curtail the microbe. Some diseases, such as chicken pox, gradually become endemic to man, eventually resulting, if we are lucky, in nothing more than a mild childhood illness. Others, such as Ebola, retreat back to whatever animal reservoir they came from, stalking humanity from their hidden lair, only occasionally lashing out to bloody a village or crash a rural hospital. But diseases don't, as a rule, just...
...local, level. Yet the ill will engendered among local Guangdong officials might make them less eager to collaborate with the WHO the next time a possible case appears. The importance of maintaining this relationship in Guangdong goes beyond SARS to include other agents that might cross the species barrier?possibly avian influenza or some other novel zoonotic disease. Local officials and the WHO have to maintain a warm dialogue. The world's health depends...
...bullets to his legs. His injuries were so severe that doctors pumped 15 L of blood into him as they tried to stem the bleeding. The appendix to Purple Lilac dealing with the West Bank fence authorizes soldiers to warn anyone who tries to cross or damage the barrier - and to shoot them if they ignore the warning. The new rule, they say, was designed for potential Palestinian suicide bombers who might try to break through...
...idea seemed reasonable enough. Faced with an onslaught of Palestinian suicide bombers, Israel decided to build a barrier between itself and the West Bank. A similar wall around the Gaza Strip has ensured that no bomber has crossed from Gaza into Israel in the past three years. But the exact placement of the new fence is causing concern. Instead of following the Green Line--the demarcation that existed before Israel conquered the West Bank in 1967 and the line Palestinian leaders imagine as a border for their future state--Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon pushed the fence inside the West...
...break through this barrier of fear, Ho has encouraged Health Minister Wu to visit the AIDS villages in Henan. Wu's visit would be the first by someone in her post and would send, Ho hopes, a powerful message that the government is more interested in controlling the epidemic than in assigning blame. Wu was appointed Health Minister when her predecessor, with whom Ho had begun his project, was fired by the Communist Party for mishandling the SARS outbreak--denying its existence until the epidemic was out of hand. "SARS was a big kick in the pants for China...