Word: pneumonia
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...Cycle of Illness In the past few years, diseases such as dengue fever, viral hepatitis, tuberculosis, malaria and pneumonia "have returned in force or have developed a stubborn resistance to drugs," according to a report on health care in India by consultancy PricewaterhouseCoopers. "This troubling trend can be attributed in part to substandard housing, inadequate water, sewage and waste management systems, a crumbling public health infrastructure, and increased air travel." Pylore Krishnaier Rajagopalan, who was head of the government Vector Control Research Centre in the southern city of Pondicherry between 1975 and 1990, blames policies that concentrate on the latest...
...heavy schedule provided more of a surge for the squad’s point totals.In addition to Christensen’s high jump performance, an injury-ridden junior Dara Wilson offered a third-best finish in the 60m Hurdles with an ECAC qualifying time of 8.84.And despite battling walking pneumonia recently, senior Danielle Mirabal placed fourth in the 60m dash with a 7.77 finish.“Our team’s resiliency this weekend, their ability to dig deep to score points really showed this weekend,” Harvard coach Jason Saretsky said.Junior Aishlin O’Callaghan...
...science fiction. With his wife, Mary - and, in quick succession, three children - Ballard immersed himself in the hands-on family life he craved. After the publication of The Drowned World in 1962, he could afford to stay home, writing more postapocalyptic tales. Then, the following year, Mary died of pneumonia. This loss struck Ballard as a bitter and unexplained crime of nature, and it would obsess him for decades. But it didn't damage his appetite either for fatherhood or the typewriter. In fact, he writes, "My greatest ally was the pram in the hall...
Junior transfer forward Cem Dinc saw his first action of the season on Friday night after missing the entire first semester’s slate of games with a bout of pneumonia...
...Stephen King would never reach retirement age. Nine years ago, a pickup truck slammed into him on the side of a Maine road. One of his legs shattered, a lung collapsed, several ribs broke and his hip fractured. A few years later, after developing a severe case of pneumonia, the king of chills decided to embrace warmth. "It's the law," he jokes from his part-time home on the Gulf Coast. "You get a little bit older, and you have to move to Florida." So, in one of the rare clich moments of his life, King...