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...human cases since the peak of the outbreak in the autumn of 2004. As H5N1 spreads to Europe's doorstep, learning from Thailand's methods could help other countries keep the disease under control. Step 1 is early detection. Many of Thailand's 250 million chickens live in small household farms scattered throughout the country. Official surveillance could easily miss those birds, but a broad network of community health volunteers - ordinary Thais like Rampai - has been enlisted to look for possible outbreaks. The volunteers disseminate information about the disease and its symptoms to villagers who normally have little contact with...
...temple on Saturday. It was something his parents never fully understood; while they have stayed close and visited him often as an adult, a former associate of Abramoff's tells TIME, they have always stayed at a hotel during visits, rather than following the strictures of the Orthodox household that Abramoff, his wife Pam and their five children keep in Silver Spring...
...NUMBER OF CREDIT CARDS PER U.S. HOUSEHOLD...
...gold. The country buys at least one-fifth of the global gold supply each year, making it the world's largest consumer of the metal. Experts believe that 15,000 to 20,000 tons of bars, ingots and jewelry is locked up in India's bank vaults and household safes. Indians are furiously adding to that horde. The World Gold Council estimates gold buying in India was up nearly 33% to 850 tons in 2005. The increase is all the more remarkable given the metal's surging price?gold hit a 24-year high of $541.20 an ounce...
...What doctors do know about all strains of C. diff they don't like. The bug is found in the colon, is a known cause of colitis and can be spread by even trace amounts of feces. It's tougher to kill with antibacterial soap and household cleansers than many germs are, which means that while keeping clean helps, it's no guarantee. Worse, the new strain is resistant to the common type of antibiotics known as floroquinolones, easily shaking off one of the most powerful weapons doctors would normally use to control...