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...vaccine was administered in two stages. First the ALVAC vaccine, which uses a Frankenstein virus of canarypox and HIV, was used as a primer dose, then AIDSVAX was administered as a "booster" to improve the body's immune response to the first shot. Half of the trial's participants received the combination vaccine, while the other half received a placebo. In the final analysis, 74 of the 8,198 placebo recipients became infected with HIV, compared with 51 of 8,197 participants who received the vaccine regimen...
...University after a year marked by financial turmoil. “We need to move—promptly but thoughtfully—to what others have called ‘a new normal,’” Faust said, warning an audience that filled just over half of Sanders Theatre that the financial situation would not “simply bounce back to where it was.” Citing inefficiencies in the University’s library systems and IT infrastructure as examples, Faust said that efforts to consolidate would not only save money, but would also...
Roughly 56 percent of businesses surveyed believe they would not encounter severe operational problems if 30 percent of their workforce were absent for two weeks, according to the survey conducted by the Harvard Opinion Research Program at HSPH. But when faced with losing half of their workforce for two weeks, only one-third of businesses reported feeling prepared...
...survey also found that almost half of businesses providing paid sick leave require employees to present physician notes, a proportion Blendon finds troubling...
...recession. Buyers are looking to invest close to home, and despite China's restrictions on moving capital beyond its borders, that often means acquiring assets in Hong Kong. (The former British colony belongs to China but has a separate system of government and a more open economy.) About half of the buyers for luxury apartments in Hong Kong in recent weeks came from the mainland, according to reports. (Read "Asia's Easy Money: Fueling New Bubbles...