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Former Dean of Harvard Business School (HBS) Lawrence E. Fouraker died on Dec. 20 of viral pneumonia in Brookline, Mass. Fouraker was 74 years...
...which the body unaccountably attacks itself. In such disorders, the immune system is hyper-vigilant, prepared to fight off enemy viruses at all times. But when no such enemies are present, the immune system turns against its own tissues. This in turn weakens the body's ability to resist viral infection, and the vicious cycle plays itself out ad infinitum. It's unclear whether the viruses cause the disease or the disease causes the viruses. It is known that Graves' Disease is hereditary to a certain extent, although there is no clear way to predict when it will develop...
...Harvard student, whose identity was not revealed by the University, contracted viral meningitis and was discharged from Brigham and Women's Hospital earlier this week, according to University officials...
Meningitis is "an inflammation of the membranes that surround the brain and spinal chord," according to a pamphlet issued by University Health Services (UHS). Its cause may be either viral or bacterial...
...Viral meningitis is less dangerous. The symptoms are similar to those of bacterial meningitis, but the disease is not communicable...