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...March 2006, 206 cases of mumps had been reported in Iowa (normally 5 cases per year are reported in the state). Searches for "mumps" catapulted to the top of the list surpassing sexually transmitted diseases, which usually dominate the top 10 disease searches. The Iowa cases led to nationwide concern of a possible epidemic, which in turn caused a domino effect of searches on other diseases, namely autism...
...connection, but subsequent studies have cast doubt on any relationship between the vaccine and autism, which, according to the National Institute of Health, affects 2-6 children per 1000. Still, examining search phrases that contained "autism" during the peak weeks around early May 2006 revealed that Internet searchers' concern about the disease turned to the disease's symptoms with top autism queries including "autism symptoms," "signs of autism," and "symptoms of autism." In April 2007, autism searches experienced another surge, but this time for a different reason, April is Autism Awareness Month...
Several professors continued to express concern today with some of the program’s more specific qualities...
...hide of the incumbent Republican President, George Bush, thereby ensuring Bill Clinton's victory. Some are worried that a Bloomberg candidacy in 2008 would do the same thing: help the Democratic nominee by siphoning votes from the Republican. Some early polls suggest there is cause for such concern. Which explains why some Republicans would like to stop a Bloomberg campaign before it can begin...
...release has been demanded by the top leadership of both Fatah and Hamas. Last week, Palestinian President Mahmhoud Abbas said that his security forces are aware of Johnston's location and the identity of his kidnappers, but have been unable to act on that information, ostensibly out of concern for Johnston's safety. Without a government in Gaza, near term prospects for Johnston's return will look even worse...