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...Monday raised the pandemic swine flu alert level from phase 3 to 4, two levels below the declaration of a full pandemic. The elevated alert means there has been sustained human-to-human transmission of the new A/H1N1 swine flu virus and that scientists now believe government efforts should focus on slowing the spread of the virus rather than containing it at its source...
...also recommended that countries do not close borders or impose travel bans. "Restricting travel would have very little effect on stopping the movement of this virus," said Fukuda. At this point, trying to close borders would be like closing the barn door after the horse has bolted - better to focus on community-level protections like better disease surveillance and hygiene. (Read "Battling Swine Flu: The Lessons from SARS...
...single image to think about, and they are all expected to think about that image as they do that reading. We spend much of that week’s discussion talking about that image— I think it gives people something really concrete on which to focus their reading.” “She brings a unique perspective and a high level of scholarship that, when combined with her approachable nature, makes her an outstanding professor,” says Vanessa R. Dube ’10, a future senior thesis advisee of Roberts?...
...might seem rather esoteric—he uses noble gasses as geochemical tracers to study the Earth’s processes and history—his research findings may help scientists understand everything from global warming to desertification in Africa. Colleagues say that Mukhopadhyay is not the type to focus on one specific interest or area of research. Instead, he uses noble gasses—a group of inert, unreactive elements—as a tool to study a variety of geologic processes. “If he was just doing what he has been doing...
Kincaid’s primary focus is the skill of writing, which comprises her courses at Harvard...