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...surprise. In the U.S., the normal flu season is winding down, which should make it easier for public-health officials to pick out swine flu cases from run-of-the-mill respiratory disease. And there are simple things that people can do to protect themselves, like practicing better hygiene (wash hands frequently and cover mouth and nose when sneezing) and staying away from public places or traveling if they feel sick. "There's a role for everyone to play when an outbreak is ongoing," said Besser...
...most important lessons we can learn from the SARS outbreak, says Peiris, may be the simplest ones, taught by mothers the world over: wash your hands, cover your mouth when you cough and avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth. The message seems to have sunk in in Hong Kong, where even on days without deadly flu threats many people wear face masks and hand-sanitizer dispensers are just about everywhere. There's no question that Hong Kong is as prepared as it can be to tackle swine flu, but for now, just like the rest of the world...
...Take, for instance, the matter of laundry. With over 6,000 undergraduates, Harvard students have a lot of clothes to wash. If each student does laundry once a week—and this is assuming only one load of laundry—that’s over 180,000 loads per academic year. Not only is that a lot of water, it’s also a lot of laundry detergent—over 280,000 ounces of liquid detergent, to be precise, given that the detergent of choice is doubly concentrated. Unfortunately, most of this laundry detergent...
...This was a tragic issue on the magnitude of losing a basketball team in an airplane crash.' JOHN WASH, president of club operations at Florida's International Polo Club Palm Beach, where 21 ponies mysteriously collapsed and died before a tournament match...
...think that the study subjects drank way more sweetened beverages (25% of their daily energy requirements came from the sugar in their drinks) in this study than the average American, you might want to consider this: according to recent data from an annual government survey, Americans on average wash down 16% of their daily energy needs with sugared drinks - not that far off the 25% threshold set by Havel in the study...