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...warning, bluntly, that it would deem Kurdish control of Kirkuk unacceptable, and that it might view such an outcome as grounds to intervene. These are no idle threats, warn the respected mediators of the International Crisis Group, who warn that the situation is already at boiling point and an outbreak of hostilities that draws in Turkey could create a new crisis for the U.S. in Iraq. Indeed, Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned that the U.S. would "pay the bill" for the disastrous consequences he warned would follow a Kurdish takeover of Kirkuk. The Economist sees the looming crisis...
...right: calls to 311 predicted where West Nile was about to hit. So now, each summer, Chicago officials closely watch 311 calls about dead birds and strategically send work crews with larvicide to kill mosquitoes before they hatch and start transmitting the virus. Chicago hasn't had a major outbreak since...
...tsunami is shaping up to be a surprising success story for the field of emergency public health. "The situation is still evolving, still dynamic, but I think we are well prepared," says Dr. Jai Narain, the WHO's Southeast Asia regional adviser for communicable disease. "Even if an outbreak occurs, we would be able to respond to it very effectively...
OraQuick, a new and faster HIV test that works with saliva as well as blood, may also help control the spread of AIDS. The sooner doctors can detect the infection, the quicker they can begin treatment--which is one of the best ways to keep a local outbreak in check...
With 44 people infected and 32 dead from the avian flu, it wasn't a good year to spend time near ducks or chickens, particularly in Southeast Asia. Millions of fowl were culled in Thailand and Vietnam, which bore the brunt of this year's outbreak of H5N1 influenza, as fear of a widespread epidemic mounted. Public-health officials were particularly alarmed when the virus showed up in tigers, leopards and pigs, mammals that often serve as influenza bridges from animal reservoirs to humans. And in Thailand scientists identified one case of what they fear was human-to-human transmission...