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...Unlike many viral ailments such as chicken pox, dengue infection fails to ensure immunity from subsequent attacks. Worse, it can actually increase the odds you'll get DHF should you be twice-bitten by dengue-carrying mozzies. The virus comes in four strains, and when antibodies created by one type interact with antibodies created by another type, dengue gets nastier. "This is what is called antibody enhancement phenomenon," says Peiris. It's why a vaccine has so far eluded scientists. "The worry is that if you immunize someone without immunizing them against all four types, it might actually be worse...
...real class of this oversize field is Robbery Homicide Division (CBS, Fridays, 10 p.m. E.T.), from Michael Mann. In the 1980s, Mann changed the look of the cop show, first with Miami Vice, then (and more to his credit) with the hard-bitten serial drama Crime Story. RHD is police drama at its most minimal: a brusque L.A. detective (Tom Sizemore) investigates brutal acts by bad people--no back story, no moral, no attempts at uplift. What set it apart are the haunting music and the disorienting, bravura visuals--sometimes several minutes without dialogue--that turn L.A. from a neutral...
COFFEE BREAK The Starbucks bug has bitten Shanghai, but head instead to the Old China Hand Reading Room, a pleasant library cum caféopened by a local photographer. Try the java with slices of thick buttered toast or go local and sip fragrant rose-bud tea. 27 Shaoxing Road, near Ruijin Er Road...
...bitten, there are new guidelines for what to do. Don't cut the wound open and suck the venom out. You could contaminate the injury or damage blood vessels and nerves. Doctors also advise against applying a tourniquet or using ice on the wound. Instead, have someone hustle you to the nearest hospital. Keep the bitten part of the body immobilized and below heart level, and remove all rings, watches and tight clothing. If you have the wherewithal, take note of the time of the bite and what the snake looked like...
...does it better than Whole Foods. Its co-founder, Mackey, 48, is a six-time college dropout who grew up on TV dinners, got bitten by the health-foods bug in his 20s and built his business by combining the concepts of health-foods store and gourmet market. Mackey is the son of an accounting professor, and despite his left-leaning roots, he is a carnivorous capitalist. Starting with a single Whole Foods store in Austin in 1980, he took 12 years to expand to five outlets. But after taking his firm public in 1992, he steadily opened new stores...