Word: cholerae
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...called Fernet - an 80-proof concoction containing myrrh (what's with all the myrrh?), rhubarb, chamomile, aloe, cardamom, peppermint oil and a number of other ingredients including a lot of grape-infused spirits and some opiates. Branca used the drink to treat a number of ailments, including hangovers and cholera. Fernet is still available (now opiate-free), although it's usually served as an after dinner drink...
...incisive as his writing is, some Catholics still question the priorities coming from the bully pulpit. Why, for example, does he not use his Christmas address to boldly condemn Robert Mugabe, whose brutal dictatorship has left a largely Christian country crushed and struggling with a cholera outbreak that has already killed more than 1,000 people? Such thoughts naturally recall Benedict's predecessor, whose geopolitical skills were legendary. (See pictures of Robert Mugabe's reign...
...Zimbabwe THE POLITICS OF DISEASE With cholera deaths in Zimbabwe approaching 1,000 and the country's state-run media blaming the outbreak on Western biological warfare, Britain and the U.S. have urged the U.N. Security Council to condemn President Robert Mugabe. South Africa, which has been mediating its neighbor's political stalemate but faces the threat of infection across its border, has resisted U.N. involvement, though it will give up its temporary seat on the council at the start...
...approved by the College for elective credit. Upon arriving at the university she says she found the atmosphere to be generally more laid back, a feeling she would miss upon her return home. Even though Piesker encountered a fair number of surprises while living in Ukraine—including cholera, daily power outages, and having running water only eight hours a day—she says her only complaint was minor. “The quality of teaching was not the same,” she says. Though not having access to the Harvard library system for her research...
...disease contracted by ingesting fecal matter in water - which can be cured at a cost of a few cents per dose of medication - won't produce a tipping point. "This is actually a slow process of degradation," says Vines. "And it can drag on for a very long time. Cholera just draws attention to it again. The story has not changed." Until it does, Zimbabwe's future will come down to a question of longevity. Who will die first - Mugabe or his country...