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...study published Oct. 6 in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine suggests otherwise - that the flu shot in children doesn't necessarily protect them from illness. Led by Dr. Peter Szilagyi, researchers at University of Rochester studied 414 children aged 5 and younger, who came down with the flu during the 2003-2004 or 2004-2005 flu seasons. These children were compared with over 5,000 controls who did not have influenza during the same seasons. Turns out that flu shots seemed not to make much difference: Kids who got immunized did not get the flu at lower rates than...
...nice, nice lifestyle.” Bailey is currently on a three-month stint across the country. Her next stop: Dayton, Ohio. And while some 92-year-olds might find such an itinerant existence tiring, McLaughlin said, “I think it makes her younger...
...what to make of the big difference in the experiences of those transgenders who have become women versus those who have become men? Schilt, one of the authors of the new article, interviewed a female-to-male transgender attorney a few years ago. As a younger attorney, the lawyer had been Susan; now he was Thomas. He told Schilt that after he transitioned from female to male, another lawyer mistakenly believed that Susan had been fired and replaced by Thomas. The other lawyer commended the firm's boss for the replacement. He said Susan had been incompetent...
...have found some evidence of a growing ‘class gap’ in civic involvement in America, with younger Americans from well-off backgrounds increasing their participation in politics and society, while kids from the wrong side of the tracks are increasingly dropping out,” wrote Putnam, who founded the Seminar in 1995, in an e-mailed statement. “This generous new grant will help us better understand the dimensions of this problem, and to explore its origins...
...crisis will have profound political repercussions on both sides of the Atlantic, but it's hard to anticipate exactly what these will be. Certainly it's unclear whether voters in either country will take revenge on incumbent parties for their part in the mess or will shy away from younger challengers, preferring to put their trust in political veterans. It's the second scenario that Ed Cox, who heads up McCain's campaign in New York, told delegates in Birmingham he expects will give his candidate the edge. "This is a time for experience," he said...