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Dracunculiasis, commonly called Guinea worm disease (or "nyerfu" in this part of the world), is a parasite contracted by drinking contaminated water - in this case, water contaminated by victim of the disease. An emerged worm lays its eggs upon contact with water, and the eggs are then ingested by a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It Takes a Village to Fight a Plague | 1/25/2008 | See Source »

Still, the health workers of Wantugu are gradually seeing the results of their work. An increasing number of people pay attention to whether their drinking water has been filtered, and rather than wading into Wantugu's dam and potentially re-contaminating the water, some women stand on stones at the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It Takes a Village to Fight a Plague | 1/25/2008 | See Source »

In other words, the government should go out and borrow even more money and pass it around for us to spend. The experts caution that for maximum stimulus effect, we must be sure to spend it immediately. No squirreling it away for a rainy day. In drinking circles, they call...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hair of the Dog | 1/24/2008 | See Source »

Flay believes the trend is so far-reaching that he's planning to open a high-end burger chain, Bobby's Burger Palace--with a menu featuring variations from different parts of the U.S.--starting in Smithtown, N.Y., and Monmouth County, N.J. "Everybody across the country now understands that at...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Flipping for Burgers | 1/24/2008 | See Source »

Despite its unassuming exterior, the long lines of young men waiting to get in most weekend nights hint at the action inside. On a recent Saturday night, hundreds of men milled around the outer rooms drinking and flirting. Around the tennis-court-size dance floor, an Eminem concert looped on...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Postcard: Beijing | 1/24/2008 | See Source »

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