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Most troubling of all was Benedict's reinstatement of Williamson, a debacle whose full scope the Vatican seemed to recognize only the day after Merkel's upbraiding. The church demanded that Williamson recant his gas-chamber denial, and the Pontiff released a letter that deplored the strain between the church and the Jews resulting from his "mistake." He assured a visiting group of Israeli rabbis of his intent to deepen Catholic-Jewish relations and his belief that the Jewish people "were chosen as the elected people" to communicate fidelity...
...four earlier suspected swine flu cases came from travelers inbound from North America, but this new bout appears to be wholly domestic. Most of the cases involve teenagers - the first confirmed infected on Saturday were high school students on a volleyball team - but those sick with the new strain of flu now range from 5 years old to 60. "It circulated silently, without anybody thinking of it," says Peter Cordingley, spokesman for the WHO in Manila. "The virus is highly transmittable, and signs of it breaking out of a contained area into the greater community must be watched and taken...
...track. Those with underlying health problems, such as diabetes or heart disease, seem especially vulnerable -a particular concern for a nation like Japan with a high elderly population. None of the infected are in critical condition, but, as deadly influenza pandemics have proved in the past, the current strain of H1N1 may mutate and become far more virulent - and lethal - by the next flu season. (Read "How to Deal with Swine Flu: Heeding the Mistakes...
...electronic health-record systems. Without these, it is harder to track what kinds of procedures are being performed and what results they are achieving. But these systems are a big investment - usually costing from $20 million to $200 million - at a time when hospitals are already under severe financial strain...
...Wall Street Journal reports that the iPhone is so feature rich that "the resulting growth in downloading and Web browsing will strain AT&T's network." AT&T is not alone. Sprint (S) and Verizon Wireless (VZ)(VOD) are up against the same problems...