Word: virus
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...knows yet what causes this crippler, which afflicts perhaps 6 million Americans, but it seems to involve the immune system. Some white blood cells-part of the system's defenses-seem to go awry. Possibly because something appears "foreign" to them in the joints, perhaps a virus, they converge at these sites. That causes a chronic inflammation that may erode the cartilage and then the bones, leading to deformity...
...forms of venereal disease in the U.S., one of the most troublesome is that caused by the common herpes simplex virus. Comprising about 13% of VD cases, the contagious infection produces painful sores in the genital area and discomfort while urinating. It is particularly dangerous in women: during delivery it can be transmitted to the infant; it is also linked to cervical cancer. For years, doctors have searched for a cure. Now researchers at the University of Pennsylvania may have achieved that goal. In the Journal of the American Medical Association, Drs. Herbert Blough and Robert Giuntoli report testing...
Wacker said yesterday the virus picked up by Harvard students is a very mild strain which has caused very few high fevers and has lasted only a couple of days...
Rubella is a mild virus, but can be very dangerous if contracted by women during the first three months of pregnancy. Children of infected mothers have close to a 50-per-cent chance of developing birth defects such as deafness, heart malformations, or mental retardation...
...times he does have doubts. The movement, he has discovered, is riddled with personal rivalries. Black nationalism's deadliest virus is also spreading: "Tribalism is a disease that is growing within us." He worries about the divisions within families: What will happen to the cousins and brothers of guerrillas who are serving in the police or the security forces? "Why did there have to be a power struggle at all? Why wasn't power handed over as it was in Kenya, Zambia and Tanzania? Now the situation is pathetic. We are almost at the point of a bloodbath...