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...Robertses are one of a fast-increasing number of boomer couples who are feeling the strain of dealing with elderly parents no longer able to manage on their own. The challenges range from running errands locally a few hours a week to making arrangements from a distance or, in the most difficult cases, providing long-term live-in care for an Alzheimer's patient...
...Scientists at Iowa State University, meanwhile, where the family of anthrax strains used in the attacks was first isolated, say the FBI didn't object when they decided to destroy their collection of anthrax samples for fear they couldn't keep them secure. (The bureau figured the "Ames" strain was so widespread the samples didn't matter.) And while officials insist that they've been thoroughly professional, FBI Deputy Assistant Director James T. Caruso admitted to a Senate committee last week that the bureau doesn't know how many labs in the U.S. handle anthrax...
...plain to see in this set of religion memes. We have innumerable belief systems tailor-made for the wide-ranging habitats of human minds. We can even point to major “speciation” events such as the Reformation where a major mutation in one strain of meme (Catholicism) leads to a flowering of variation and variety of different memetic strains (Protestantism in all its divergent glory...
...more serious consequences are the long-term ones associated with placing tens of thousands of people on any broad-spectrum antibiotic. Overusing these drugs, physicians have long warned, will permit resistant strains to flourish. One of the scariest examples is the appearance in 1997 of a particularly potent strain of staph bacteria resistant to vancomycin, which used to be the last line of defense. It was partly to avert such a catastrophe that the CDC made its decision last week recommending the switch to doxycycline, which is seen as equally effective. "It would certainly be healthier to have a better...
...perception of anthrax as a workplace-only threat. Tuesday afternoon the NIH issued a chilling announcement: According to a senior official, the agency is now "intensively investigating" the possibility that private homes are being targeted for anthrax contamination via the U.S. mail. This scenario, of course, would place new strain on the postal service, already stressed to the point of collapse...