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...snuff them out before a local brushfire becomes a global blaze. That's what happened in 2002, when the SARS outbreak was contained after claiming thousands - rather than millions - of lives worldwide. That's what failed to happen in 1918, when a rare avian flu made the jump to humans and killed 50 million people before it was brought to heel...
...tested for both the malaria parasite and malaria antibodies. On average, the group that received the injections had a 53% lower infection rate than the control group, and the effect lasted for up to eight months. That still leaves 47% unprotected, of course. But this is nonetheless a big jump from the 35% success rate of an earlier formula. "Even a partially effective vaccine could save hundreds of thousands of lives," says Loucq...
...first day at Angola Penitentiary in Louisiana, Greg Bright said he witnessed one prisoner jump out of line and stab another prisoner in the neck. And everyone kept walking. Bright, who was wrongly convicted of second-degree murder in 1976 and spent the subsequent 27 years in prison, spoke before a crowd of undergraduates as part of Voices of Innocence, an event organized by the Harvard College Human Rights Advocates to commemorate the 60th anniversary of human rights’ universal declaration.Bright, in addition to two other exonerated prisoners who spoke during the event, said they were angry about...
...Medical School allocates “startup” funds to help younger faculty members jump-start their careers, and Kirschner said that limiting these funds would be “self-defeating and wrong...
...They are some athletes, out there, don’t you know? Just freaking ripped, tall, can jump a mile, it’s crazy. I never thought I would see such talent on a lowly IM court...