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...Gently pull and spread the leaves outward to expose the purple-tipped leaves at the very center. Pull out the purple-tipped leaves to expose the fuzzy choke below...
...when it first emerged in Mexico in April. While it has since infected more than 12,000 people in 43 countries, including more than 6,500 in the U.S., it has so far killed just 86 victims. Health officials are still on high alert, however; the disease continues to spread, with a batch of new cases in Japan in mid-May that could be enough to prompt the World Health Organization (WHO) to declare an official pandemic. (See pictures of thermal scanners hunting for swine...
...Governments worldwide have tried to contain the spread of the flu that has already infected more than 11,000 people in 41 countries, killing 85. Experts say H1N1 is mildly virulent and comparable to that of seasonal flu, but very contagious. "We have no way of forecasting what's going to happen in Tokyo. But it's going to happen, and it's going to happen big time," says Cordingley. A major concern expressed by the WHO is that even if the number of new flu cases flattens out as the end of the flu season nears, another more virulent...
...Despite the avalanche of acronyms, when an emergency materialized on Monday, chaos and fear spread through e-mail lists for an hour while all the above systems remained silent. The Kirkland master’s e-mail to his House residents beat the university’s “emergency” text message by almost 15 minutes. Most tellingly, when the first text message finally arrived at 5:45 p.m., it was both factually inaccurate and truncated: “Report of shooting near Kirkland House on Mt Auburn St. Police ask people to remain indoors and avoi...
...given by UHS Director David S. Rosenthal ’59 for the removal of anonymous testing was a lack of use. But this trend suggests a much different course of action than elimination of the program. HIV testing is one of the most effective ways of slowing the spread of the virus and signaling to individuals to get medical help. Since testing is not particularly costly or difficult, instead of getting rid of it, UHS should have attempted to increase the use of this testing in an attempt to actively improve the health of its student body. Anonymous testing...