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...year later, the only visible evidence of Batchelor's wound is a couple of small, chicken pox--like scars. But mentally he's a mess. He has 14 different bottles of medications to help him control his temper, his migraines, his depression and more. Still, he often flies into inexplicable fits of rage. He has cursed out commanding officers, hit his father, pushed Kristy and pinned her down...
...CHICKEN POX: GOOD NEWS...
...chicken-pox vaccine introduced in the U.S. in 1995 has cut infections, and the number of deaths per year from the childhood disease is down from 145 to 66. But some doctors are worried it could also lead to an increase in shingles, a related but even nastier disease. Adults exposed to kids with chicken pox tend to be protected against shingles, but now there will be fewer infected children around to help. The kids, however, as they age, may be resistant to shingles...
...even this villain has his moments of sympathy. In the end, Brute saves the lovers from a disastrous misunderstanding with his appeal for simple communication. “Your people of wit have got such cramp ways of expressing themselves, they seldom comprehend one another. Pox take you both, will you speak in the language of common sense, that you may be understood...
...been in 29 years), staying in school (87% of young Americans now earn high school diplomas) and getting much of the basic health care they need (immunization rates are high, for example, with 90% of kids getting vaccinated against hepatitis B and a record 81% against chicken pox...