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Hate shots? FluMist, a new alternative vaccine for the influenza viruses that send millions of Americans back to bed every winter, is administered as a nasal spray. Approved by the FDA in June for healthy people ages 5 through 49, it triggers a buildup of antibodies in the upper respiratory tract--flu's favorite point of entry. The catch: FluMist costs three to four times as much as the shot, and most health-insurance companies won't cover it. INVENTORS Hunein Maassab and MedImmune Vaccines AVAILABILITY Now, about $50 a dose TO LEARN MORE flumist.com...
This is not a newfangled ice cream scoop; it's a fast way to gather ammo when your brothers are packing ice. The Snow Baller joins a full range of winter gear at this rather goofy-looking site, part of fincosport-n-toys.com...
...delightful items for toddlers and tweens include tights in bright stripes and floral patterns, embroidered jumpers, cute suede clogs and these winter boots. Note: the shearlings, far right, come only in toddler sizes...
...with People's Liberation Army soldiers, presumably to stem the influx of North Koreans. Locals say the armed police, some of whom are ethnic-Korean Jilin natives, were easy for refugees to bribe; the PLA will probably be far less easily bought. Their garrisons were put in place before winter, when most North Koreans take advantage of the iced-over river to reach China. Standing in Ryu's kitchen, filled with pickled cabbage and smoked meat, Kim smiles. "I am very lucky to have gotten here before the border became more difficult," she says, before heading back home...
...time to maneuver within the high-stakes admissions game. April’s change did just the opposite: though they were not locked into attending Harvard, this year’s early applicants were cut off from the important option of applying to other commitment-free programs in the winter. This was a particularly significant change for lower-income applicants, who lose more than three months of playing multiple schools’ tentative financial packages off one another. A full season of critical negotiation over tuition for Harvard applicants has been replaced with what will be a single frenzied month...