Word: seasonale
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The long-anticipated announcement by the WHO, which followed an emergency meeting of flu experts in Geneva, signals to health officials around the globe that the new influenza strain will continue spreading quickly to more countries. It also adds urgency to their preparedness plans, which include acquiring and distributing antiviral...
Unlike seasonal flu, which typically infects the very young, the very old and the immuno-compromised, the new flu strain seems to affect young, often healthy people; 57% of the cases reported in the U.S. have occurred in those 5 to 24 years old. Why that's so is still...
The disease is still killing people - in small numbers, with 140 deaths so far - and there have been confirmed deaths in victims who seemed perfectly healthy before the flu struck. The virus has also proven evolutionarily fit and very active, still spreading in the U.S. in the first week of...
African food systems are also highly local. Most food production is consumed on the farm, and the portion marketed does not travel far. This is because of high transport costs linked to a poor road system. Roughly 70 percent of all rural Africans live more than a 30-minute walk...
The summer will seem unusually long for businesses, people out of work, the Fed and the Treasury, and the tens of millions of Americans who have a direct stake in an economic recovery. The normal slowing of economic activity during the summer season will make any progress seem like walking...