Word: isolationism
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"The conventional wisdom had been that cities [in 1918] had done everything they could and nothing worked - it was all doom and gloom and dread and nothing to do but throw up our hands in despair," says Dr. Martin Cetron, director of the Division of Global Migration and Quarantine at...
Markel and colleagues divided the cities' interventions into three major categories: school closure, cancellation of public gatherings, and isolation and quarantine. During the 24 weeks researchers studied, there were 115,340 excess deaths due to pneumonia and influenza in 43 states, with a collective population of about 23 million. New...
Other risk factors for suicide include a family history of mental health problems, feelings of hopelessness, impulsive or aggressive tendencies, and social isolation, according to the Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention.
Any hope of Blair's bridging the intra-Palestinian rift that runs through the heart of the PA is made that much more difficult by the Quartet's refusal to deal with Hamas. In a speech last week, President Bush announced a plan to continue Hamas's international isolation, while...
To make matters worse, RLS is not discussed in most medical schools, so the condition is commonly overlooked or mistreated; many doctors question the condition's seriousness. Often, says Jones, RLS patients develop their own coping devices, including alcohol abuse and social isolation. Four years ago, Jones started a support...