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...have even garnered much attention if doctors hadn't begun actively looking for swine flu in recent days. "What we're seeing in this country so far is not anywhere near the severity of what we're hearing about in Mexico," said the CDC's Besser. "We need to understand that...
...eventually killed as many as 40 million - was the result of swine flu (scientists now know it was in fact a strain of bird flu). Despite modern advances in microbiology, today's health officials still make decisions in a "cloud of uncertainty," Pennington says. "At the moment, our understanding of the current outbreak is similarly limited. For example, we don't yet understand why people are dying in Mexico but not elsewhere." (See pictures of bird...
...their bluster, and supporters, the banks understand that they are in political hot water, and that they will need to compromise - a little. In Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, who represents much of Manhattan's armies of financial service workers and is head of the joint economic committee, they have found someone more to their liking. She has moved a bill that is less draconian than Dodd's, allowing rate boosts for existing and future...
...original Greek but often only funny to Classicists,” Koven-Matasy says.By changing the language used in the play and having the actors dress in contemporary outfits—mostly their own clothes—the cast and staff hoped that the audience would better understand the play without being bogged down by archaic jargon and references.“We wanted to make something that would make sense to the modern audience and that would relate to them. That’s the most effective way to reinterpret the play,” Koven-Matasy says...
...researchers added an extensive section called “Choosing Health Drinks” earlier this week to Nutrition Source—a Web site maintained by HSPH faculty that aims to translate nutrition research into easy-to-understand information for the public and policy makers...