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...historical standards, George W. Bush and Barack Obama were remarkably civil in their Oval Office summit. They had never engaged in hand-to-hand combat. Despite the loathing for Bush that animates many in his party, Obama ran less against the man than his record. Bush, apparently in an undisclosed location throughout Campaign 2008, seldom had a bad word to say about Obama, beyond privately dismissing him as a naive lefty. He called Obama's victory a "triumph of the American story, a testament to hard work, optimism and faith in the enduring promise of our nation." Obama's team...
...shelter will focus on nutrition in the coming months, aiming to combat growing obesity among the homeless...
...graduate preparedness: No doubt, future classes of HSPH grads will be better armed to tackle the actual problems of public health. Having to deal with real case studies—from the health repercussions of Astroturf to the dangers of the international sex trade—will effectively combat the insular nature of academic study, which too often looks at single issues in isolation. Instead, case studies will force students to take into account all of the real-life problems that complicate public health issues at hand. This is not to say that all theoretical bases for understanding have been...
...death from starvation this winter. His remarks come with the UN’s announcement Tuesday that four million Zimbabweans are now receiving reduced rations from the World Food Program (WFP) as the UN’s food organization has not received the millions of dollars it needs to combat Zimbabwe’s growing food crisis...
...Enormous amounts of energy are required to build and run high-tech systems in common use - MRIs, CT scans, etc. - with many running 24 hours a day," says Pamela Gray, a trustee of the Transition Network, a U.K.-based organization that supports community-level initiatives to improve sustainability and combat climate change. Further, nearly all pharmaceuticals are made from petroleum derivatives, and so are medical materials (think rubber gloves and intravenous tubing). And then there's transportation: transferring equipment, supplies and lab samples, or getting patients to the right facility, sometimes by ambulance or helicopter. (See TIME...