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Male circumcision has been shown to protect men from acquiring H.I.V. infection during sex with women - it has reduced female-to-male transmission rates by 48% to 60% in sub-Saharan Africa - but that protective effect appears less reliable among men who have sex with men, according to a new meta-analysis published Oct. 7 in the Journal of the American Medical Association (J.A.M.A...
...study published Oct. 6 in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine suggests otherwise - that the flu shot in children doesn't necessarily protect them from illness. Led by Dr. Peter Szilagyi, researchers at University of Rochester studied 414 children aged 5 and younger, who came down with the flu during the 2003-2004 or 2004-2005 flu seasons. These children were compared with over 5,000 controls who did not have influenza during the same seasons. Turns out that flu shots seemed not to make much difference: Kids who got immunized did not get the flu at lower rates than...
...current building, a nine-story concrete block crowned with an oversized gilded eagle, struggles to contain the embassy's 800-person staff. It has never been thoroughly renovated since it was built in the 1950s facing a busy square, a situation that has made the facility difficult to protect. For all that, American diplomats will likely turn up their noses at the announcement. The move means trading in the tony surroundings of Mayfair - with its bespoke tailors, high-end jewelers and Michelin-starred restaurants - for a gritty stretch of road between Battersea and Vauxhall, known for, among other things...
...Cabot resident Zeina Oweis ’11 said HUPD was not to blame, because automatically locking doors should protect property...
...more on ball security than we do,” Murphy said. “It’s our only goal offensively, there’s nothing else. I don’t really have an answer to why we didn’t do a great job protecting the football in the last two games. Hopefully that was an aberration and we can continue the way we did today.”The Crimson tacked on an extra three points with the help of Patrick Long’s foot. From 41 yards out, the junior kicker dropped...