Word: coverly
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...H1N1 vaccine it received out of the 1.3 million doses sent to California by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). However, Dr. Jonathan Fielding, director of public health and health officer for Los Angeles County, says the county will need at least 5.5 million doses to cover those in high-risk categories for flu-related complications...
...FDIC makes up the difference between what's left and what's owed depositors, up to $250,000 per person per bank. Two years ago, the FDIC had about $52 billion in its deposit-insurance fund. Today that fund is technically broke. The agency has money reserved to cover anticipated failures but no cash remaining for unforeseen blowups. It has asked banks to prepay three years' worth of premiums and could seek emergency funds from the U.S. Treasury...
JAMES JELLINEK, editorial director of Playboy, on the decision to feature Marge Simpson on the magazine's November cover. The character will be Playboy's first cartoon cover girl...
...school committee without a clear direction and ineffective superintendents that were the result—a common enough occurrence that many experts believe school-board models are themselves unworkable. School committees can succeed at running districts, however, as long they do at least three things: provide extensive political cover for the superintendent; manage the system’s finances effectively; and think creatively, but not intrusively, about curriculum and instructional issues. On these criteria, two of Cambridge’s committee members—Patricia M. Nolan ’80 and Marc C. McGovern—stand head...
...Authorities quickly issued health warnings about waterborne diseases after the storm. For leptospirosis, people were told to cover cuts and abrasions with waterproof bandages, and thoroughly wash after wading in floodwater. Early symptoms of the disease include fever, rash, vomiting and jaundice; renal failure, hemorrhaging and liver disease are among its life-threatening complications. An average of 680 leptospirosis cases and 40 deaths from the disease are reported every year in the Philippines. And while its incidence is far higher in tropical than temperate regions, global surveillance of the disease is generally poor, said Adam Craig of WHO's Western...