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...grappling with swine flu for weeks longer than the U.S. As doctors across the U.S. begin checking patients with respiratory symptoms for swine flu, CDC officials expect to see more severe cases in the U.S. as well - and as better epidemiological work is done in Mexico, we'll probably hear about more mild cases there too. Right now, however, the true severity of the H1N1 swine flu virus is still an open question, whose answer could change over time. The 1918 Spanish flu pandemic began with a fairly mild wave of infections in the spring, but the virus returned...
...where inventories are kept as low as possible to cut waste and boost profit - mean that we don't have stockpiles of most things. Supply chains for food, medicines and even the coal that generates half our electricity are easily disruptable, with potentially catastrophic results. Though we'll likely hear calls to close the border with Mexico, Osterholm points out that a key component used in artificial respirators comes from Mexico. "We are more vulnerable to a pandemic now than at any other time over the past 100 years," he says. "We can't depend on ourselves...
Cassandra would not hear any of this. She felt strongly that our son should feel Jewish and that when she bathes him, she shouldn't have to touch his penis too much. And then last month, a study from Africa showed that circumcision greatly reduces the chances of catching a sexually transmitted disease. And I had lost my argument...
...strategic-planning meeting held by the government of former foes earlier in April. Mugabe and Tsvangirai, along with all Ministers, gathered in the resort town of Victoria Falls to decide on how to improve government services in the next 100 days. "The country is cash-strapped, but we hear they had gone to wine and dine," says Majiri. "We read that the ministers went on boat-cruising, helicopter rides and stayed in a five-star hotel...
...began as an exploration of what staging physics would be like through dancing, [and] sound video,” Davies says. “It’s about taking an equation that you can write on a wall and making it into something that you can hear and see and even sometimes touch.” In order to realize this goal, the play incorporates many forms of media, such as video, trapeze, and dance. “It’s also an incredibly beautiful show. There’s trapeze, video… it?...