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...with the caseload at this time for the past few years. The vaccine, designed to protect against the three flu strains that researchers predicted would cause the most illness this season, seems to be a pretty good match for what ended up being the most common strain. And there's enough vaccine to go around...
...fond of mutating as influenza is. We're always just a few random genetic shifts away from a possible pandemic. Researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) last year documented for the first time that one of the many viral components that make up a common flu strain, known as H1--which also happens to be a descendant of the same virus that fueled the pandemic of 1918--was resistant to the popular antiviral drug oseltamivir, a.k.a. Tamiflu. In the flu season--October to May--of 2007-08, 12% of circulating H1 subtypes were resistant...
...reveals that the cutting of one’s nose was most often associated to adultery, homosexuality, and other sex crimes. The nose was also supposed to reveal whether or not a woman was still a virgin, based on the thickness of her cartilage. Anecdotes like this, revealing a common and fascinating trend in the medieval understanding and cultural depiction of the body, provide much of the book’s worth, which ultimately resides in Groebner’s masterful knowledge of the mores of the Middle Ages. Considerable attention is also given to the emblematically horrific depiction...
...people who were in attendance began leaving long before he finished, according to Greer. This weekend some will still be celebrating pi day. A group on Craigslist.com explained their plan: “To celebrate Pi Day (3.14), we’ll gather at exactly 1:59pm in Boston Common to smash pies ever so gently in one another’s face.” —Staff writer Noah S. Rayman can be reached at nrayman@fas.harvard.edu...
...House Masters: Endearing? Creepy? While the Georgis are very friendly with the natives, FlyBy’s parents were a little irked by their insistence on introducing themselves as "Chief" and "Coach." Rumor has it that they really get loose at their weekly Sherry hour in the Senior Common Room...