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...Control and Prevention (CDC) last year documented for the first time that one of the many viral components that make up a common flu strain, known as H1--which also happens to be a descendant of the same virus that fueled the pandemic of 1918--was resistant to the popular antiviral drug oseltamivir, a.k.a. Tamiflu. In the flu season--October to May--of 2007-08, 12% of circulating H1 subtypes were resistant to the drug; this season, 98% of them are. Interestingly, the mutation does not appear to be driven by overuse of the drug. In fact, rates of oseltamivir...
...comic books are catering to the movie industry,” says Billy Tan, a Marvel comic book artist and guest speaker at last Sunday’s Boston Comic Book and Toy Collector’s Spectacular. “Comic books are becoming and more and more popular.” Over 40 comic books have been adapted to film over the past 10 years, many grossing as much as $100 million. Developments in computer technology have made it possible for improved visual effects to convincingly translate fantastic images from the comic page to the silver screen...
...Often, women in the popular media—from a group of young women in MTV’s The City bonding over their boyfriends’ infidelity to Miley Cyrus taking revenge on her friend’s cheating Romeo in a TV episode—connect with over their two-timing male counterparts. This trend feels empowering, but it is insincere to posture as honest and informative regarding sexuality before making sweeping generalizations about female vulnerability and male barbarity. It should go without saying that some men take advantage of their partners. But one cheating boyfriend is just...
...down, the worldwide gambit is over, and open markets lost: Protectionism is up, isolation is on the onset, interventionist states won, and we’re spiraling into a 1930s-style “save-yourself” vortex. In the past few weeks, two articles in the most popular globalization-advocacy journal—The Economist—have specifically bemoaned the coming tide of “global disintegration” and the specter of worldwide “economic nationalism...
Meanwhile, there is popular disgust with the current crop of politicians, who are perceived to be ineffective at running the country and more interested in positioning themselves for the next presidential elections, set for 2012. Lawmakers recently fended off an attempt to tax their salaries, already among the highest in the world...