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...Given the risks of mass vaccination, the decision to launch a program can be fraught. According to Jacob Weisberg's book The Bush Tragedy, President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney were split in 2002 over whether to administer a nationwide smallpox vaccination program in the U.S. Cheney said that doing so would be a prudent counterterrorism step. Bush overruled him because the program could have resulted in dozens of deaths. (Statistical analysis has shown that the smallpox vaccine kills between one and two people per million inoculated.) Health officials don't always get the decision right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Weighing the Risks of Mass Vaccinations | 10/1/2009 | See Source »

Conor, a high school senior from Mass. who attended the event, said queer issues are “not really something that come up in info sessions...

Author: By Julia L Ryan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Mass. Hosts GLBT College Fair | 10/1/2009 | See Source »

Susan M. Harvey, a high school history teacher and Gay-Straight Alliance faculty adviser from Littleton, Mass., brought 11 Littleton High School Students to the fair. The smaller size of the event gave students an opportunity to have meaningful conversations with college representatives, she said...

Author: By Julia L Ryan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Mass. Hosts GLBT College Fair | 10/1/2009 | See Source »

...adulthood and maintain that,” said Sun, whose research was inspired by a similar study on male Japanese-Americans in Hawaii. He said he wanted to see if the same trend appeared in women given that they live longer than men and they have a higher Body Mass Index...

Author: By Xi Yu, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Findings Focus On Sustaining Weight | 9/30/2009 | See Source »

...Boston, Mass...

Author: By Caroline M. Cuse | Title: LETTERS: Psychiatry/Psychology Legacy | 9/30/2009 | See Source »

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