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...Prevention (CDC) are exploiting the connectedness of youngsters in online social networks, for example, to improve flu-vaccination rates, not just among those under age 18 but among all the people to whom these children have ties. "Because of their social and peer networks, children have a higher likelihood of sharing information with the most people," says Jay Bernhardt of the CDC. By targeting youngsters on these sites with information about the importance of annual flu shots, health officials hope to trigger a literal and figurative viral wave of vaccination among the kids' peers, their peers' peers, and even those...
...likelihood of implementing this plan is questionable. Last month, Dean of the College Evelynn M. Hammonds—a former MIT graduate student and professor—challenged the feasibility of a transition to this grading system at the College when the issue was raised at a tea she held for undergraduates...
...catching a sexually transmitted infection. “For example, in a network of sexual partners, if you have many partners and your partners have many partners, you are more susceptible to catching an STD.” Similarly, Fowler said the most connected people have a greater likelihood of “catching happiness.” Happily, the study suggests that sadness is not as easily transferred through social networks. “Unhappiness spreads, but it doesn’t spread quite as much nor does it spread quite as consistently as happiness,” said...
...particularly precarious position now that it has been forced to seek an International Monetary Fund bailout to avoid bankruptcy - the conditions attached to the IMF loan will force the government to rein in public spending, intensifying the hardships being suffered by much of the population and raising the likelihood of social instability...
...intelligence practices, the director of national intelligence, Mike McConnell, said in a speech at the Harvard Kennedy School yesterday. “With weapons of mass destruction that could result in the death of many, many people—chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons—we assess the likelihood of each,” said McConnell, who became the second director of national intelligence in 2007. “The likelihood of nuclear attack is less but is not eliminated.” Cyberterrorism is yet another rising danger, McConnell said. “The cyber threat...