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...wave of publicity the QM2 is generating can only help. But Cunard's latest icon will require delicate navigation. In November, when a gangplank collapsed at QM2's French shipyard, killing 15 people, headlines proclaimed a "jinxed" ship. A shipboard virus on the high-profile QM2 or a fine for polluting the sea would be certain to be heard around the world. Not to mention the ultimate nightmare--a terrorist attack. But as police boats patrolled in Southampton last week and Gurkhas formerly from the British army provided security on board, private boats charged to take gawkers as near...
...have the power to grant that ultimate honor), he must be reinstated in the good graces of the game. Only the commissioner has that authority. And no commissioner thus far has seen fit to pardon anyone, because the lifetime ban has been an almost perfect immunization against the gambling virus...
...that for the first time since the mid-1990s, the number of HIV infections rose, by 1%. They believe some of the climb can be traced to the fact that more and more HIV patients are living longer, thanks to a potent combination of drugs that can control the virus. Unfortunately, if survivors fail to follow prevention guidelines, they may pass HIV along to others...
...because it was a historically bad one. Rather, it was because the annual ordeal started earlier than usual, took the lives of nearly 100 youngsters and raised concerns that the supply of vaccine couldn't meet demand and might not be effective against this year's strain of virus. At the same time, health officials urged that all healthy babies between the ages of 6 months and 23 months be vaccinated. Thankfully, the worries proved to be overblown, but as experts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) pointed out, when it comes...
...threat of bioterrorism jump-started dormant plans to create reliable vaccines against some of the world's deadliest agents. In October U.S.-government scientists began their first human trial of an experimental vaccine against Ebola, a lethal African virus that triggers severe internal bleeding and kills up to 90% of its victims. Experts have long feared that Ebola could be turned into a devastating bioweapon. Meanwhile, at Harvard, researchers created an anthrax vaccine that, unlike older vaccines, targets both the toxins created by the bacterium and the bug itself...