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...question now on health officials' minds is: Will there be a second wave of cases in the new year? The answer depends on whom you ask. "We took an informal poll of about a dozen of some of the world's leading experts in influenza," Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), told reporters recently. "About half of them said, Yes, we think it's likely that we'll have another surge in cases. About half said, No, we think it's not likely. And one said, Flip a coin...
...viruses behave once they nestle into a host is completely unpredictable, but scientists know that in a lab dish, seasonal and H1N1 flu strains mix and match readily. "I'm thinking we may have dodged a bullet here if in fact we don't get a more severe wave coming on the heels of the current wave," says Redlener. "But we'll see what happens...
Health officials in the U.S. are reporting that the current wave of H1N1 swine flu appears to have peaked. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other groups, new infections are declining in most states, though the virus continues to spread in Eastern Europe and Asia, as well as remote parts of the U.S. Experts also caution that H1N1 might return later this winter. The virus has killed at least 6,700 people worldwide since April...
...came to power just as South Africa entered its first recession since the end of apartheid in 1994, cutting tax revenues and spending plans. But his supporters in the labor unions are in no mood to cut Zuma any slack. His first months in power have seen a wave of strikes and riots over pay and poor government. In October, Zuma fired the entire ANC-run authority of the northern township of Sakhile after weeks of violent protests over poor service delivery...
...seemed to aspire in his earlier films. Anderson’s decision to shoot an animated film comes as no real surprise. It’s the natural end of a fascination with vibrant color schemes in his films in general—a runoff from his French New Wave influence—and specifically the stop-motion footage he experimented with in “The Life Aquatic...