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...people going on the Web finding information on flu to predict where flu is taking place?" asks Dr. Richard Besser, acting head of the CDC. "Looking back, it is helpful. The question is, Looking forward, can you see that? We are open, and continually looking at various approaches for early detection. The sooner we detect a problem, the sooner we can detect and implement protective measures...
...Ahead of Wednesday's trilateral summit between the Pakistani leader, Afghan President Hamid Karzai and President Barack Obama, U.S. officials were doing their best to soothe congressional skepticism over sending Pakistan's military and political authorities desperately needed infusions of cash. Richard Holbrooke, Obama's special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, told the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Tuesday that Zardari has the Administration's total backing. "He should be treated as the leader of a country who vitally needs our support and whose success is vitally related to American interests," Holbrooke said. Asked whether the Obama Administration...
...Richard Besser isn't one for easing into a new job. Before becoming the acting director-general of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the trained pediatrician was the head of the CDC's emergency response office, a position he took in 2005, hours before Hurricane Katrina hit. Now, just a few months after being named the CDC's interim head - in lieu of a political appointment from President Barack Obama - Besser has been thrust into the role of the government's public health commander-in-chief, guiding the agency through what could be the first new influenza...
During the question-and-answer period of the Faculty meeting, classics professor Richard F. Thomas questioned Smith’s optimistic casting of the situation and expressed concern that restructuring could result in harmful cutting...
...embrace a sense of radical compassion for their communities. “I have been proud in my years at PBHA to be in the presence of radicals who have dedicated their lives to a vision of what this world can be,” Igietseme said. PBHA President Richard S. Kelley ’10 said that while he was disappointed by the fiscal realities that limited the number of awards, he was pleased with the turnout and the atmosphere of the event. “We were able to honor a lot of really great seniors through...