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Malaria has always been a far harder scourge to control. The parasite that causes it is tough and versatile, and the pest that delivers it - the mosquito - is everywhere. "There has never been a vaccine against any human parasite," says Joe Cohen, a vice president of R&D at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) biologicals. "It's an extra challenge with malaria due to the complexity of the parasite, its ability to evade the immune system and our almost constant exposure to it." The result: 247 million malaria cases worldwide and almost 1 million deaths per year - the overwhelming majority of them infants...
...percent estimate may not fully capture the actual losses from the four-month period, Harvard’s Executive Vice President Edward C. Forst ’82 said in an interview last week, noting that some of Harvard’s money is invested with external managers that have yet to report their latest figures...
...Alneada D. Biggers ’10 has the vision and experience that make them uniquely qualified to lead the UC in the coming year. Schwartz and Biggers come from a diverse background that involves leadership in the UC and out. Schwartz has served as Vice-Chair of the Student Activities Committee (SAC) and College Events Board (CEB), while Biggers is President of the Association of Black Harvard Women (ABHW) and Secretary of the CEB. This rich and varied background is reflected in the intricacy, practicality, and sense of their platforms on social space, alcohol policy, and H1B visas...
...Chinese officials about all the additional steps the U.S. must take to solve its economic mess. The U.S. had to stop consuming and start saving, because "global imbalances" were at the root of the financial crisis, People's Bank of China Governor Zhou Xiaochuan told Paulson. And, added Vice Premier Wang Qishan, Washington needed to "take all necessary measures to stabilize its economy and the financial market to ensure the security of China's assets and investments...
...people's safety," says Dr. Zacharys Gundu, a professor at Ahmadu Bello University and a community activist in Jos. "Security agents didn't arrive in time, if at all." Dr. Gundu predicted that Muslims with businesses or homes in predominantly Christian areas would irrevocably relocate to Muslim neighborhoods, and vice versa...