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...impact of malaria, however, is still massive. "Whether it's 200 million or 500 million [cases], that's a lot of infections with a big health burden and a big economic burden," says Bernard Nahlen, deputy coordinator of the U.S. President's Malaria Initiative - especially, he says, "for something that is treatable and to a large extent preventable. If your child's life can be saved by treatment for 50 cents, you should treat...
...correction comes less than a year after the United Nations made a similar announcement, acknowledging last November that its AIDS-battling agency, UNAIDS, had overstated its estimates of the global HIV burden by about 6 million cases; that agency revised its numbers also based on newer and more accurate surveys. At the time, the U.N. came under fire from critics for inflating its estimates in order to exaggerate the urgency of the epidemic - and to spur bigger donations...
Reading it now, with the burden of hindsight, one sees that Infinite Jest is ominously infested with suicides, including that of the hero's father, who cooks his own head in a microwave. But back then, Wallace seemed invulnerable. How could a man who had put such crowds of people on the page--Wallace's ear for dialogue was unmatched in contemporary fiction--truly be lonely? Once you've gone inside the mind of a critically burned toddler, as Wallace did in his short story "Incarnations of Burned Children," what horrors can't you face? When he accepted a professorship...
Exploiting the Poor The burden of skyrocketing inflation; the food and fuel crises caused by the policies of greedy, incompetent politicos and dictators; the ever widening gaps between the rich and the hardworking common people are a curse not only in India but the world over - including in so-called communist countries like China, with their cheap slave labor [Aug. 25]. Maybe in the future the world will get accountable, secular democracies, and the U.S. and U.K. will lead the world as role models. Until then, the world must suffer from the sins of profiteers. Vijay Bansal, WARRINGTON, ENGLAND...
...born) , and lettuce would cost 15 dollars a head. It is ignorant to underestimate the impact these workers have on America’s economic health. Doubtlessly, Americans have legitimate concerns about the harmful economic effects of illegal immigration. Undocumented aliens do not pay taxes and put an extra burden on infrastructure and social services. But while illegal immigration is a serious problem, it is also a reflection of our dire need for comprehensive immigration reform. While the Pat Buchanans of this country would be content to erect walls along the Mexican border, create a Fortress America, and declare...