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...Whether tests like these, combined with detailed family histories, will make a difference in the rates of developmental disorders like autism isn't yet clear. But such a strategy could reveal new avenues of research and lead to safer inoculations overall. Parents concerned about vaccine safety would then have stronger answers to their questions about how their child might be affected by the shots. Vaccines may be a medical marvel, but they are only one salvo in our fight against disease-causing bugs. It's worth remembering that viruses and bacteria have had millions of years to perfect their host...
...April from 6.6% the previous month. Annual inflation in the U.K. hit 3% in April, well beyond the government's 2% target, making further cuts soon highly unlikely. The central bank offered in late April to swap around $100 billion of lenders' old mortgage debt for safer government bonds, but the effect on the housing market has been muted. "It certainly isn't going to reverse all the changes in lending policies we have seen in recent months, or restore mortgage lending to its former levels," Iain Cornish, chairman of the Building Societies Association, said of the Bank's scheme...
...wouldn't it be safer to move here?" the British officer asks...
...With a cease-fire in effect this morning, many residents of central Beirut loaded their children, their valuables and sometimes their maids into their cars and headed for the hills or for relatives in safer parts of town. Few expect the calm to last. The American-supported Lebanese government appears unwilling to give into conditions set by Hizballah chief Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of the Syrian and Iranian backed opposition, for calling an end to the opposition's three-day siege of Beirut. Indeed, what began as a labor protest by unions demanding a wage hike is morphing into...
...Gamma sorority sisters, some of whom she knew were still studying at Lamont Library at the time of the attack. She added that some of the sisters then asked for the victim’s permission to forward the information to other lists in order to make the campus safer for those who were walking alone that night. “I never asked them to forward the e-mail,” the student said, “but I thought it was good that they wanted to get the word out.” She wrote...