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...Israeli acute paralysis virus - that damage the ribosomes. "It was the one factor that remained consistently associated with the CCD bees we tested, no matter where they came from or how severe the disorder was," says Berenbaum. "It doesn't have to be a specific virus, just an overload." Once the bees' systems get burdened this way, they are less capable of fighting off any other threat, from pesticides to other environmental causes. (See TIME's video "Bees Without Borders...
Still, so far H1N1/09 hasn't proved a serious killer. But as the U.S. prepares for an uptick in infections this fall, even a mild pandemic could overload a clogged health-care system. And there's no guarantee the virus won't get worse--the Spanish flu was relatively light in the spring of 1918, only to turn lethal that autumn. U.S. health officials said on July 29 that they hope to have 120 million doses of a new H1N1/09 vaccine ready by October, but the virus could change by then, or the vaccine might prove less than effective. Virologists...
...What's more, all their ideas and competing plans may be creating a bit of sensory overload. "I started reading a couple, three of the Republican plans, but frankly, there's only so much time in the day," says Senate Finance Committee chairman Max Baucus, who is authoring one of the leading Democratic plans. "I've started to spend more time with Republicans who are amenable to health-care reform and say to them, 'What would you like? What do you think?' That kind of thing. That's how I use my time. What's viable - that has a higher...
...workers also said the reduced number of positions next year could translate into a greater workload. For instance, in Adams House, only four general cook positions are up for bid for next year, down from the current total of five. “There’s a work overload,” said Vincent A. James Sr., who noted that the bid form indicated only one chef working the Tuesday dinner shift in Adams House, which regularly sees 400 students during that meal period. “I don’t know how they expect...
...seeing a lot more of these next year. As evinced by the budgetary changes announced last Monday, the head honchos over in University Hall seem to think students needs more fatty foods late at night to accompany their poor sleeping schedules and stress overload...