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Another antimicrobial, zanamivir, or Relenza, is still effective against the circulating Tamiflu-resistant strain. However, that drug, which is an inhaled powder, is not recommended for children under 7, for whom a combination of Tamiflu and an older drug, rimantadine, can be used to control the infection. Since every flu infection is made up of three different types of influenza virus, both Relenza and rimantadine still work to disarm the two types that are not resistant to Tamiflu...
...prison, according to Diane Wiffin, a spokeswoman for the Massachusetts Department of Correction. He had been sentenced to life in prison in 2001 for shooting his wife—and high school sweetheart—Karen Sharpe in 2000 in the foyer of her home while their two young children slept in an adjoining room, according to media reports...
...military because they're needed for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. A fatter paycheck will take some of the sting out of the military's high demand for troops and the resulting stop-loss policy. But it won't do anything to dry the tears of soldiers' children distraught over Dad's or Mom's absence. Now the Pentagon wants to create computerized hologram-like moms and dads that can talk with the kids when their parents are deployed far from home and beyond telephone or e-mail contact...
...parent about generic, everyday topics," reads the Defense Department's solicitation seeking companies to develop the concept. "For instance, a child may get a response from saying 'I love you,' or 'I miss you,' or 'Good night.'" The goal: reassuring little ones whose parent has suddenly disappeared. "The children don't quite understand Mommy or Daddy being deployed," says Navy commander Russell Shilling, the experimental psychologist overseeing the program. "That kind of interaction - the need to say goodnight or to continue to feel connected to a parent - is very important." (See pictures of U.S. troops' 5 years in Iraq...
...Pentagon has long recognized that keeping families calm back home makes for better warriors overseas. "The stresses of deployment might be softened if spouses, and especially children, could conduct simple conversations with their loved ones in immediate times of stress or prolonged absence," says the Pentagon solicitation. "We are looking for innovative applications that explore and harness the power of advanced interactive multimedia computer technologies to produce compelling interactive dialogue between service members and their families via a PC- or Web-based application using video footage or high-resolution 3-D rendering...