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But the University must continue to be vigilant in making sure donors share the values of the University. The corporate scandals of the past several years have created a substantial new class of wealthy criminals, many of whom have donated to institutions of higher education. Seton Hall University has buildings...
Not so fast, says Assistant Attorney General Viet Dinh, who had a large part in shaping the USA Patriot Act. "Security is the means by which we achieve our fundamental freedoms." Dinh rejects the idea that the Justice Department is doing a balancing act because, he says, the department is...
China's inability to stem tuberculosis cases like Shi's bodes ill for its SARS struggle. Like SARS, TB is a contagious respiratory disease whose spread can be contained through vigilant monitoring of its victims. Though TB has been all but eliminated in developed countries, it still afflicts 1.5 million...
But that may only put off the inevitable. While the U.S. is better equipped than most countries to detect and contain epidemics, it's pure luck that it has not been hit harder. So far, none of the handful of people who have carried the virus to the U.S. from...
While much about the disease remains unknown, doctors and governments are increasingly confident that even simple prevention measures and surveillance are highly effective in slowing down or even halting the disease. Vietnam was able to end its outbreak through vigilant contact tracing and isolation of patients. Tightly controlled places such...