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...jobs. Now that we can see how dramatically things have deteriorated, we need to think about job creation in the places, like Michigan, that are extremely hard hit. There are areas across the nation that are going to be very depressed for a long time." (In comparison, at the height of the Great Depression, nearly 25% of the U.S. workforce - more than 11 million people - were unemployed.) (Read about the origins of the Great Depression...
...hands, cough into the crook of your elbow rather than your palms, stay home if you're sick - will be repeated endlessly over the coming months in ad campaigns, public-service announcements and the global media. A certain fortitude is required of the global population as well. At the height of the spring flu outbreak, hospitals in the U.S. were overwhelmed by crowds, including large numbers of the so-called worried well, who, when they showed up en masse, had the ability to delay services for the seriously...
...every Supremes single. So, although I have long grown out of my childhood obsession with the 1960s, I couldn’t pass up the Hatch Shell’s free, outdoor concert series, sponsored by Oldies 103.3. And when I found out that on July 25, in the height of summer, the most quintessential So-Cal band would take the stage? Well, it didn’t really seem like a choice...
...first researcher to reach this conclusion. As science writer Gary Taubes noted in his 2007 book Good Calories, Bad Calories: Fats, Carbs, and the Controversial Science of Diet and Health, "The obese tend to expend more energy than lean people of comparable height, sex, and bone structure, which means their metabolism is typically burning off more calories rather than less...
...most significant change in the CDC's guidelines, compared with those issued last spring, is to allow children back to school 24 hours after their fever subsides (without the benefit of fever-reducing medication). Previous guidelines, issued during the height of the outbreak, suggested that kids stay home for seven days after the onset of the first flu symptoms. "This recommendation is based on new information from studies both in the lab and person-to-person on how the virus spreads," said the CDC's Frieden. "This is a shorter period, and it's more practical...