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...Drugmakers are exploring new technologies such as digital watermarks and computerized ID chips to thwart counterfeiting. But health officials say consumers need to be aware of the problem and protect themselves by carefully scrutinizing the drugs they buy. Meanwhile, attempts to choke supplies off at the source are increasing, at least in mainland China. In Shenzhen, a booming manufacturing city located just across the border from Hong Kong, the Municipal Drug Administration investigated 1,956 cases and shut down 38 underground producers and sellers between January and September of 2003. That's up from the 226 cases and 9 wholesalers...
Roosevelt delayed D-day for so long not to punish the Russians but to protect Americans--and to lay the groundwork for the U.S.'s postwar international leadership. He knew all too well that his isolationist countrymen had scuttled Woodrow Wilson's bid to claim that leadership after World War I. He was worried that demanding too great a sacrifice in World War II might once again sour the nation on assuming its international responsibilities. Then all his painstaking work to wean Americans from their provincial ways would be squandered and the world once again rendered unsafe for democracy...
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...upshot is that doctors and researchers are figuring out better ways to protect travelers. For instance, over the past two years, outbreaks of pneumonia in less developed parts of the world have made it essential for travelers 50 and older to be vaccinated against the disease. (In the past, the vaccination had been largely recommended only for those over 65, says Connor.) They should also be immunized against hepatitis A and B, which can now be done in a combination vaccine that is administered in three doses, rather than the five injections required if the vaccines are given separately...
...making human rights a guiding premise of foreign policy, not just a retroactive justification for fear-driven combat adventures. And it means that images and evidence of our moral failures should be taken as a stimulus for conscience, not a sign of the need to restrict cameras and protect against leaks...