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According to Gogan, white-crowned herons nest under the Radcliffe crew’s dock each spring. Mallard ducks and Canada geese also find a home in the vicinity...
...originates in southern China, but no one knows how it has spread so widely. Transport of infected birds to chicken farms is one theory, but it's also possible that migratory birds such as ducks and geese are spreading it through their droppings. "Did birds in Hong Kong, which nest in Siberia and North Korea, somehow spread the virus elsewhere?" asks Robert Webster, an expert in animal influenzas at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. "That's a frightening possibility." If H5N1 does evolve into a flu that humans can spread, a vaccine could be developed...
...course, bipolar disorder is no joke. Suzanne goes into reverse, into the lethal subtraction of depression--first happiness goes, then feeling of any kind. When a doctor treats her with an unsuitable new prescription, she ends up in a mental hospital, the usual cuckoo's nest of chain smokers and emotional skulduggery. There's some light at the end of the tunnel, but the point of this book is not the destination. It's the haywire road Suzanne takes as she drives herself crazy. Fisher can drive you crazy too. But when she pulls up and opens the door...
...form of H5N1 virus. In November and December of 2002, there were numerous migratory-waterfowl deaths due to H5N1 in Hong Kong's Penfold and Kowloon parks. Mysteriously, when further screenings of migratory birds were conducted immediately after, no H5N1 was detected. "Did birds from Hong Kong, which nest in Siberia and North Korea, somehow spread the virus elsewhere?" asks Rob Webster, a pioneering expert in animal influenzas. "That's a frightening possibility...
...since the mid-1980s. The Kaplans are among thousands of seniors retiring to these college-affiliated communities. For many older Americans the desire to continue learning and growing intellectually still burns bright--some are even earning degrees after long and productive careers. And they're happily cracking open their nest eggs for a condo tucked inside the ivory tower. "People retiring these days want to stay sharp, and this kind of connection with a college is enormously attractive," says David Schless, president of the American Seniors Housing Association...