Word: cdc
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...monster strikes notoriously quickly. While incubation times have been known to vary from two to 21 days, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states that death usually comes within one week after infection. Those who succumb to the virus usually have not developed a significant immune response. In other words, it seems that the virus often replicates so quickly that it overwhelms the body before the immune system can even register that an infection has occurred...
...Control, one in four American adults smoked in 1998, the latest year for which figures are available. That?s virtually the same number who smoked in 1997 and 1990. And while the 1998 data does indicate a slight decrease in smokers (24.1 percent versus 25.5 percent in 1990), the CDC isn?t exactly thrilled with such a sluggish rate of slowdown. The agency had hoped to cut smoking to 15 percent...
...Some of this comes down to good old human obstinacy: Within the 25 percent of folks who smoke, there is probably a baseline number of smokers who simply cannot, or will not quit - no matter what measures the federal government takes. And even now, the CDC should take heart: Given the intensive anti-smoking campaigns (funded in part by massive influxes of cash from beleaguered tobacco companies) launched in the last two years, it?s possible that when the 2000 numbers are released in 2002 the CDC will have reason to be pleased. And maybe by 2002 the agency will...
...become enveloped in something of a siege mentality, an us-vs.-them attitude toward the record labels and the press that has forced Fanning to retreat even farther into his shell. He has to monitor carefully what he says to whom and even what clothes he wears. "The cdc [the Cult of the Dead Cow, a hacker collective] guys sent me a shirt, and the lawyers told me I shouldn't wear it," he says. "It's just so tightly controlled...
There are no vaccines for some tropical diseases--like malaria and dengue fever. And even the drugs used to prevent malaria don't always work. So it's important when traveling to areas where these diseases are endemic (you can learn them from the CDC website) to avoid being bitten by mosquitoes. Wear long-sleeved shirts and long pants, go inside at dusk and spray insect repellent on exposed skin...