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...looming next spring, there may be little chance that even softer cost-control measures such as those will be implemented, according to Appleby, who says the NHS is one of Britain's sacred cows. "Politicians know the NHS is incredibly popular, so they wouldn't dare propose cuts this close to an election, even though debt will eventually force the government to either raise taxes or cut public services or both," he says. The incumbent Labour Party has already been projecting itself as the party that saved the NHS from years of neglect under Margaret Thatcher's Conservatives. But David...
...Google Map to show where outbreaks are occurring, in real time. Whether it's measles in Sussex, foot-and-mouth disease in Taiwan or avian flu in Indonesia, as reports of diseases bubble up, HealthMap researchers scan them and post them online. The result is about as close as you can get to a real-time picture of the state of the world's health, and it's become a useful tool for both professional epidemiologists and curious amateurs. "We wanted to bring all this information to life in a way that's accessible to everyone," says John Brownstein...
...iPhone app makes HealthMap information even more accessible to the average person, by marrying the map's network of global data with the smartphone's GPS function, which tracks an individual user's location. So the program enables you to find out instantly whether there are any new outbreaks close to home. "The system can deliver reports that are relevant to your location," says Clark Freifield, a Ph.D. student at MIT's Media Lab and a co-founder of HealthMap. See the top iPhone applications...
...Redlands squad settled into a rhythm, riding a 15-4 edge in ejections to a 9-3 halftime lead.Seven different players tallied goals for the Crimson—including co-captains Atkinson, junior Bret Voith, and freshman utility man Max Eliot—but Harvard could not close the gap.Senior goalkeeper Nikhil Balaraman notched seven saves and five steals in net to finish a promising weekend and provide a rare bright spot for the struggling Crimson.“Nikhil was phenomenal,” Atkinson said. “I was encouraged to see how strong...
...Grand Prairie, Texas native stepped up his game and led the Crimson to victory, scoring twice and adding an assist.Five minutes into the second half, Akpan gave Harvard the lead when he found the bottom right corner following a free kick right outside the penalty box. Too close to the goal to be able to shoot over the wall, Akpan coolly curled the ball around it, placing it perfectly into the side netting.His second came just three minutes later when he found some space in the box and latched onto a cross from the right side, heading the ball powerfully...