Personal Best By GINA KOLATA
MIKE PERRY, a 31-year-old rower, trained by himself in Ann Arbor, Mich., for six years while his wife attended medical school. Now he is a member of the United States rowing team and hopes to be selected in a couple of months to compete in the Summer Olympic Games.
These […]
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By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN
All children ages 6 months to 18 years in this country should receive an influenza shot every year, a federal advisory panel said on Wednesday.
The recommendation expands by about 30 million the number of children who should get annual flu shots. Current pediatric recommendations call for influenza vaccinations for children ages […]
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By DAVID BARBOZA and WALT BOGDANICH
RUGAO, China — With reports of more than 400 patients in the United States suffering serious complications after receiving the blood-thinner heparin, American investigators are trying to determine whether the raw material for the drug, made from pig intestines, became contaminated on the journey that begins in the slaughterhouses […]
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By SETH MYDANS
BANGKOK — Saying “I miss my motherland,” former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra returned to Thailand on Thursday, 17 months after being ousted in a coup, and said he was ready to face corruption charges that have been brought against him.
A crowd of about 4,000 supporters cheered as his plane landed at […]
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Op-Ed Contributor By
MICHAEL R. BLOOMBERG
WATCHING the 2008 presidential campaign, you sometimes get the feeling that the candidates — smart, all of them — must know better. They must know we can’t fix our economy and create jobs by isolating America from global trade. They must know that we can’t fix our immigration problems with […]
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Critic’s Notebook By FRANK BRUNI
I HAD called once to make my reservation, and then again to confirm it, but it wasn’t until I telephoned to say I was running late that I really heard the greeting.
“Thank you for calling Ubuntu,” a woman chirped, pausing for a comma before adding, “restaurant and yoga studio.”
And […]
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