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...city is also known for its clubs, of course, and options abound beyond the famous Second City for comedy and Kingston Mines or Green Dolphin Street for jazz. Natives flock to Rosa's Lounge, a blues haven northwest of downtown run by Tony Rosa and his mother. You may not end up dancing in the streets, as Matthew Broderick's character did, but a few hours of R. and R. in Chicago will certainly feel like...
...telltale odors of hydrogen sulfide warn geological surveyors of the impending eruption of Mount St. Helens, students who hail from the Northwest said yesterday they are following the news with interest from 3,000 miles away...
When Somsak Laemphakwan's chickens started dying in early August, he buried the corpses deep in the ground, hoping to halt the bird flu ravaging his village in northwest Thailand. It didn't work. Later that month, his 11-year-old niece Sakuntala Premphasri developed a stomachache and a high fever. When Somsak took her to a nearby clinic on Sept. 2, nurses dismissed her illness as a common cold. Five days later Sakuntala was back in the clinic, unable to walk and vomiting blood. She was sent to the district hospital, and her mother, Pranee Thongchan, was summoned from...
...such a mutation could happen in the future?and the deaths in northwest Thailand demonstrate how unprepared Asia is for an unchecked outbreak. Most nations in the region have minimal stocks of antiviral drugs and no pandemic action plan. H5N1 vaccine, still in development, would not arrive in time to make a difference. If a pandemic occurred tomorrow, says Stohr, Asia would be "playing it by ear," politically improvising even as the death toll rose. "One of the most difficult things to explain to the public after a pandemic would be why we weren't prepared, because there have been...
...colorful stone to adorn everything from pendants to stiletto sandals. On Oct. 30, the American Museum of Natural History in New York City will exhibit more than 500 pieces of contemporary and historic Native American jewelry and artifacts in "Totems to Turquoise: Native North American Jewelry Arts of the Northwest and Southwest...