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...middle of the last century. Fluid loss from cholera-related diarrhea occurs so rapidly that its victims can die within four to eight hours or, as lore has it, before they can dig their own graves. Cholera is still a leading cause of diarrhea in Bangladesh's southern Ganges River basin. Vaccines preventing cholera have never been completely effective or long-lasting, so when ICDDR was established as the Cholera Research Laboratory in 1960, its mission was to evaluate such treatments. By the late 1960s, the facility had begun experimenting with oral rehydration and, within a few years, fatalities among...
...Sudanese capital of Khartoum. With a third of Darfur’s 7.4 million people displaced and an estimated 200,000 killed by the conflict since it began in 2003, aid agencies continue to report new bloodshed. Gopvernment-armed Arab Janjaweed militias are launching a fresh assault in Southern Darfur, while opposing Darfuri rebel groups are said to be re-arming in neighboring Chad. If fighting continues, already malnourished farmers won’t be able to harvest their staple crop of millet and Darfur’s four-month-old peace accord will lie in tatters. At this pivotal...
...them of responsibility,” she said. McCleary said she thinks academic institutions should act more like corporations—being more flexible in terms of keeping families together, and helping them find housing and employment opportunities. HERC was first created by a group of northern California schools. Southern California and the New York-New Jersey areas have followed suit. The website can be accessed at www.newenglandherc.org...
...skirts Russia and ends its monopoly on transporting Caspian Sea oil to world markets; it has defied Moscow on a range of regional issues; and it is attempting to join NATO, presenting the Russian military brass with the prospect of a strategic rival strengthening its position along Russia's southern underbelly. In short, the crisis is an expression of Russia's failure to accept Georgia's independence...
Sunday was a blue day for the Harvard field hockey team. The Crimson (0-9, 0-2 Ivy) met no southern hospitality when it arrived at the No. 4 Blue Devils’ (8-3) North Carolina home turf. With the greatest offensive showing of any Harvard opponent thus far, Duke defeated the Crimson 5-2, asserting its position as the nation’s fourth-ranked team. “It was a great opportunity for us as a team,” junior defender Devon Shapiro said. “We really just tried to concentrate on ourselves...