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...produce many moments like this: good luck coinciding with great research had proved that the same virus that was in those wild animal markets had somehow infected a human being. The data was so compelling that the committee resolved that afternoon to inform the governor of Guangdong and recommend a culling of civet cats...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Averting an Outbreak | 1/11/2004 | See Source »

...There was only one man in that room with the clout and reputation to recommend a measure this extreme. Zhong was delegated to call Governor Huang Huahua. The argument he could give was simple: the wild animal business in Guangdong was estimated to be worth anywhere from $100 million to $200 million a year; the economic impact of another SARS outbreak, however, was immeasurable. Zhong made that call on Sunday. He can be very persuasive: the order was given later that day to the Guangdong Health Department and the Guangdong Forestry Department, among other agencies, to launch a campaign...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Averting an Outbreak | 1/11/2004 | See Source »

...prison population is 100, as a large number of prisoners have been released after the annual presidential pardon. Regarding the events of Sept. 19 and 20, your story fails to report the establishment of an independent commission to examine what took place in Maafushi prison, identify those responsible, and recommend reforms. The President has said that the findings of the report will be fully implemented and that those responsible [for the prison event] will be brought to justice. The report is expected shortly. There is no mention of the substantial reform program that the President has announced, including the establishment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 1/5/2004 | See Source »

Access to contraception can still cause a ruckus these days. But the effort to make the morning-after pill available as an over-the-counter drug is sailing along pretty smoothly. Two FDA advisory committees voted last week 28 to 4 to recommend that the pill known as Plan B be as easy to buy as condoms or cough syrup. Plan B is a high-dose oral contraceptive that prevents fertilization or the implantation of a fertilized egg within 72 hours after intercourse. (Unlike the drug RU 486, it cannot induce an abortion.) "The vote," says committee member James Trussell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health: Oops ... Time For Plan B? | 12/29/2003 | See Source »

...friend, blockmate, boyfriend or classmate in my own room than by a stranger on the streets. Strategies to prevent the former type of rape differ substantially from the latter. We need to acknowledge and support survivors of all sexual assaults, and we need to do more than just recommend walking in groups to truly work to eliminate sexual violence from our community...

Author: By Alisha C. Johnson, | Title: We Must Remember All Sexual Assault Survivors | 12/15/2003 | See Source »

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