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...rise is significantly larger, the result could be disastrous. With seas rising as much as 1 m, enormous areas of densely populated land?coastal Florida, much of Louisiana, the Nile Delta, the Maldives, Bangladesh?would become uninhabitable. Entire climatic zones might shift dramatically, making central Canada look more like central Illinois, Georgia more like Guatemala. Agriculture would be thrown into turmoil. Hundreds of millions of people would have to migrate out of unlivable regions...
...Immunizations at University Health Services (UHS). Whoops! The Charles is only safe to swim in 360 out of 365 days of the year, so you'll have to take rabies, tetanus and West Nile virus shots. Don't worry, trained professionals will be injecting those huge needles in your arm...it won't hurt...
...WEST NILE VIRUS In the second year of a much feared and overpublicized medical crisis, public-health officials in the Northeast intensified their campaign against mosquitoes infected with the West Nile Virus. Spraying programs were launched from Boston to Baltimore, Md., and wildlife pathologists began searching for clues in the carcasses of crows, chickens, chipmunks and even a few bears. Only a handful of human deaths have occurred so far, but scientists are working hard to figure out how the disease spreads. Most of what they've gained is a deeper understanding of mortality among wildlife...
...there is yet another dimension to national security. Last summer's West Nile virus outbreak in New York City extending up to Boston was also a situation putting the life of American citizens at risk. Luckily, the virus could be contained and the death toll was relatively low. But it could have easily become a serious tragedy as it did in Israel, where the same virus caused 30 deaths throughout the summer. For such a threat to national security, the military is a decidedly unsuitable candidate to call for help...
...insists she "debunked" fears that geese spread illnesses, such as the West Nile virus. She called up a scientist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and read studies about goose waste...