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Public health: Globalization is a public-health hazard. While the recent H1N1 pandemic was non-lethal, there is a disturbing likelihood that either a natural, fatal pandemic will occur or a biological weapon will be unleashed in the near future; global travel and trade patterns make it virtually impossible to cabin such outbreaks. Our public-health models and institutions are not geared to prepare for such a catastrophic health emergency—and yet, such an emergency is becoming more likely. Part of the answer will be research and technology, but much of the outcome will depend upon planning...
...Ukraine also faced crisis, in the realm of health rather than economics. We condemned the country for adopting a policy of banning public gatherings to combat the H1N1 “pandemic,” because such a measure would compromise democracy, especially in an election year...
Ambiance: This is where the Rock Café shines. With large windows, tasteful art, and a roomy interior with booths and sofa chairs, you may very well feel like you’ve walked into a classy cafe. Only the H1N1 table tents and the plethora of Purell dispensers give away that it’s a Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS) operated venue...
Tuberculosis: The very name of the disease evokes images of antiquity, a footnote in dusty encyclopedias of human sickness overshadowed by the abbreviated diseases of the present—SARS, HIV/AIDS, H1N1. Few students would be able to guess that one third of the world’s population is infected with TB or that more than 12,000 cases were reported in the U.S. in 2008. Transmitted by coughing, sneezing, or spitting, TB thrives in the humid and closely-packed quarters of slums and urban outskirts...
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