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...enormous but unavoidable margin of error. Unlike in developed countries, such as the U.S., that have the infrastructure to compile more detailed population-wide medical records, disease surveillance in places like the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a large central African country with few doctors, few roads, limited medical infrastructure and a recent history of bloody conflict, is a much more difficult undertaking. Officials have trouble counting births and deaths in some regions, let alone getting a sense of how many people may have suffered from a particular disease...
...interviews were conducted via telephone by Opinion Research Corp. Sept. 14-16, 2008. The Florida, Indiana and North Carolina surveys have an error margin of 3.5 percentage points, while Ohio's and Wisconsin's is 3 percentage points...
...South Africa Legal Victory Ruling-party leader Jacob Zuma cleared a major hurdle in his quest to win the presidency in next year's election when a judge--citing a procedural error--dismissed corruption charges against him. Zuma, who wrested control of the African National Congress from President Thabo Mbeki last year, had faced 16 counts stemming from his alleged role in an arms deal...
...resignation and lauding his accomplishments during his time as Chief of Surgery. Levy wrote that Fischer, who received his M.D. from HMS in 1961, restored “first-class surgical care and education” at Beth Israel by reducing inefficiencies, revamping the operation rooms, and campaigning for error-free patient care...
...beautiful game often cruelly flatters to deceive. In a sport in which even the slightest error becomes terrifically magnified, a team that shows the spirit and offensive prowess to truly knock back its opponent can often be punished for that very same tenacity.At the University of Rhode Island (URI) Soccer Complex last night, the Harvard men’s soccer team (2-2) was that squad.Ninety-one minutes of attacking verve—replete with 65-percent possession and 14 total shots—came undone in the second minute of the extra period when URI substitute forward Erkko Puranen...