Word: viral
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...more than a year since the city had been so tense. Then troops opened fire on a crowd of protesting monks, killing at least two and injuring many. From nearby towns came reports of more disturbances, news of which arrived in Mandalay on buses and trucks and spread with viral stealth through the city's network of trishaw drivers. Hiring one to check out the dark, deserted streets, I was struck by how well suited trishaws were to disseminating news. With me leaning forward in my seat and the driver bent slightly with the exertion of pedaling the rutted tarmac...
...sore throat is one of the most common reasons for seeing a doctor. Most of the time the cause is viral, and you can ease your suffering with chicken soup and a painkiller like acetaminophen. But sometimes the problem is a kind of bacteria called group A streptococcus--or strep, for short. That's when antibiotics like penicillin or erythromycin come in handy. Early spring is a peak season for strep throat. If you have a sore throat that is accompanied by a fever but not a cough, your lymph nodes are swollen and there are yellow or white patches...
Coley said that unlike Lyons’ form of bacterial meningitis, viral meningitis is far more common and often goes undetected...
...Harvard student was diagnosed with the less severe form of viral meningitis in April...
...shoppers will gain from half a decade of regulatory wrestling. See Also: A Hard Line on Software Creating Another Monster Where's the fastest place to get good career advice? It might soon be the Monster Network, an online, searchable Rolodex from job-posting leader Monster.com. Tapping the viral power of networking services like Friendster.com (which links people who have mutual friends), the new Monster site aims to get the firm's 40 million worldwide registered users talking to one another. If you're a programmer in Paris with a technical problem, you can find a friend of a friend...