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...This just isn’t possible with the flu. Each year, the vaccine consists of several strains of virus that were active the last year, but new mutations crop up all the time. That’s why it’s possible to get the flu even with the vaccine...
...Years later, that disturbing case is having some equally unsettling repercussions in Papua. Dr. John Manangsang, who admits the case was an extreme one, has drafted a new bill that would legalize implanting microchips into HIV-infected people deemed to be purposefully infecting others with the life-threatening virus. "The chip would work similar to the chips they use to track birds and animals considered endangered species," explains the doctor, who also sits in the local parliament and proposed legislation to pass the human microchipping. "I don't expect many would be tagged, but after coming across so many...
...Local parliamentarians say they have the support to push the legislation through by the end of the year. If passed, anyone found guilty by a court of law of deliberately spreading the virus could be fined up to 50 million rupiah ($4,000) or given six months in jail. "We need more than just information and condom campaigns," says Komarudin Watubun, the local parliament's deputy chairman who has been leading hearings on the proposal. "Papua is being ravaged by HIV/AIDs and the number of infected keeps going up." Komarudin says the controversial bill may not pass easily, but that...
...larger goals, say researchers, are earlier detection, better treatments and, most important, prevention. As more young people get vaccinated for hepatitis B, for instance, liver cancer, which is often a result of infection with the virus, may see its rates begin to drop in the coming years. But that depends on whether patients continue to use the screening methods currently available; other studies show that only about half of American adults get regular preventive care - including regular cancer screens like mammograms, PSA tests and colon exams...
...League powers, Harvard (3-0, 3-0 Ivy) and Columbia (2-1, 2-1), compete at Blodgett Pool in what appeared would be a dangerous meet for the Crimson’s women’s swimming and diving team. Battling through injuries and a stomach virus, Harvard exceeded expectations and decisively finished off the Lions in commanding fashion with a 190-110 victory, winning 10 out of the 16 events. “Columbia is a great team,” Crimson coach Stephanie Morawski said. “They put up a really strong lineup. We knew that...