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...little bit of cough and no fever; some may just feel a little tired for a day or two." In another small piece of good news, doctors at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta announced late last week that they had developed two tests to detect the presence of the suspected virus in blood and tissue samples of possible SARS victims. They plan to distribute the diagnostic test to hospitals in the U.S. shortly. (Physicians in Hong Kong are already using a different version of the test...
...SEVIS enhances our ability to detect and deter those who may come to America for nefarious purposes, while extending a hand in friendship to those seeking the exceptional education and training opportunities this great country has to offer,” he said during the hearing...
...would be to use the risk model to help decide whether to undergo an experimental screening procedure called low-dose spiral computed tomography. More and more hospitals are offering this scan in the hope of catching lung cancer early, thereby improving a fairly dismal survival rate. The scan can detect nodules too small to be seen on conventional X rays...
...Pentagon plans for a war assume that only the British--who will provide about 45,000, or close to 20% of the total force--and Australians would have a substantial role in the fighting. Other nations, in a "coalition of the willing," may supply logistics assistance and units to detect biological and chemical weapons...
...ships against Iraqi frogmen and mines. Living in pens on land next to the Persian Gulf, the sea lions, which average around 350 lbs. each, will hop aboard boats and dive into the water near the ships they are protecting. Their keen eyes and hearing allow them to detect intruders or mines far better than their human counterparts. A sea lion can swim up to 25 m.p.h. for short bursts, enabling it to nab an underwater foe by snaring it in a clamp placed in its mouth. The sea lion then hands its prey, whether a submerged mine...