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Photographer Bryan Lee, 28, of Ottumwa, Iowa, entered a living nightmare last spring. His daughter Makenzie, 4, had developed liver cancer, and the only thing that could save her was a new liver. Since the demand for transplantable organs is always greater than the supply, Makenzie had gone on a waiting list--but high up, due to the severity of her condition...
Going back to school used to be a simple matter. Buy some shoes, grab a few pencils and head on out the door. But your academic survival kit isn't complete nowadays if you're missing the vaccination against hepatitis B, a virus that can destroy the liver. Not only do more and more schools across the U.S. recommend the shots, but 22 states now require it for enrollment in kindergarten or first grade. Not to be outdone, the American College Health Association is launching a campaign this fall that features extreme-sports athletes like Olympic snowboarder Barrett Christy urging...
...receding as fast as your hairline. Hepatitis B strikes more than 200,000 Americans each year and kills 6,000, making it the third most deadly vaccine-preventable disease in the U.S., after flu and pneumonia. There are, of course, other viruses that take a toll on the liver. But hepatitis A, which is transmitted via contaminated water and food (think raw oysters and salad bars), doesn't usually cause permanent damage. And there is as yet no vaccine for hepatitis C, which is transmitted during sexual intercourse, among other ways...
Timing is critical in other ways as well. About 90% of adults are eventually able to shake off a hepatitis-B infection, while the other 10% become chronic carriers and face a greater risk of liver damage, liver cancer and death. Things get much worse when children are involved. About 90% of infected infants (who usually get the virus before birth) become chronic carriers...
...hate to sound nostalgic for the cold war, but it did make reading international news a lot easier. During the cold war, when ethnic or tribal conflicts popped up in countries you didn't know from chopped liver, there was no need to go through the laborious task of trying to ascertain which side was marginally less beastly than its adversary. Whichever side the Red Menace was for we were against. Simple as that. And consider this: during the cold war, the meltdown of the Russian ruble would have been treated as good news...