Lots of stuff in the press about “bird flu” this and “bird flu” that. And you hear lots of numbers thrown around. For example in this CNN.com report where China says it is a “serious epidemic”. They have had 20 outbreaks in the last month alone. Now I love this bit: The latest cases resulted […]
For anybody reading my blog that keeps track of these things, finally there’s a disease that is less threatening now than it was last year! Gonorrhea Rates Fall: “The nation’s gonorrhea rate fell to 113.5 cases per 100,000 people last year, the lowest level since the government started tracking cases in 1941, according to the […]
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