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SWINE FLU, ROUND 1
This isn’t the first time Americans have been urged to roll up their sleeves and take a shot of protection against swine flu. In 1976, at the urging of the director of the CDC, the federal government set out on a controversial course to vaccinate the entire US population against the H1N1 influenza virus. In 10 weeks 45 million doses of vaccine were administered. The program was suspended after a number of cases of Guillian-Barré syndrome were discovered in people who had received the vaccine.
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AGAINST THE ODDS: SNAKES IN YOUR SUITCASE
On March 25, 2008, a friend emailed me to cancel an appointment we’d made to meet in Washington, DC. “Can’t make it,” the cryptic message read, “I’m in the hospital.” “For what?” I wrote back. “I was bitten by a rattlesnake.
