| Chlorine tablets distributed in typhoid-hit Laguna villages
Duque said they would strengthen community health campaigns in Laguna to make sure that the residents maintain proper sanitation. He urged residents to boil water and practice proper hygiene, especially those handling food, to avoid the spread of the disease. Duque said the latest field bulletin showed that 1,262 people had been rushed to hospitals, with various typhoid-like symptoms. Of the total, 27 cases were confirmed, while blood culture tests were being carried out on the others. The DOH earlier suspected that contaminated water supply could be the primary cause of the typhoid outbreak in Calamba. But Calamba officials have so far not traced the source of the bacteria, Duque said. Most residents suspect contaminated drinking water as the source, but tests carried out by Calamba officials have "yielded negative results," Duque said.
Questions Regarding Democratic Candidate
On my way home from work last night, there were several items of interest about Barak Obama and Hillary Clinton. I sensed a spirit of desperation in Clinton. Neither would be my choice for the office of President of the United States, but each is better than the Repuboican choice we seem to be developing as the prime candidate. My question to you is two-fold: Is Hillary Clinton getting to a point of desperation? Will her desperation to win cause her to fall into a major blunder? I ask you, the readers, to answer the questions, and to offer a solution. .
Time for a Change
At the Care with Love training center, young women and men energetically move around the room. Some are getting ready to take an exam, while others gather around a trainer as she demonstrates how to bathe a patient in bed. When they finish their course, these young people will be “home health care providers," a profession that didn't exist in Egypt until Dr. Magda Iskander introduced it. Iskander, a radiologist who also has a master's degree in counseling, had been volunteering at a drug rehab center in Wadi El-Natrun where she met a lot of unemployed youth, and at the Center for Geriatric Services in Nasr City, where there was a long waiting list. She saw two needs the need for unemployed youth to find work and the need for the elderly to find someone to care for them and thought: Why not train young people to care for the sick, disabled and elderly in their own homes? When her sister was bedridden, Iskander had trained their mother's housekeeper in basic nursing skills, and it worked.
On the Mark: Kobe has a chance to shine
He has an All-Star big man. As presently constituted, still awaiting the return of their starting center, the Lakers are talented enough to call Lamar Odom their third option. Looking back, the Lakers did a great job in protecting their star from himself. How do you think Kobe Bryant would be enjoying winter in Chicago right about now? It should surprise no one that Bryant has yet to officially rescind his trade demands. Nor has he apologized, to the fans or those who suffered his most egregious insults, including Jerry Buss the guy who traded Shaquille O'Neal so that Bryant might have a franchise to call his very own; Mitch Kupchak, who had the foresight not to trade Andrew Bynum; and Bynum himself, who at 20, is that rarest of NBA commodities, a true center who will be good for years to come.
Fla. Tourism Hit By National Economic Skid
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Florida's economy, already staggered by a stagnant real estate market and tight credit conditions, suffered another blow Friday when officials said tourism fell by 1.5 million visitors in 2007. Preliminary estimates showed 82.4 million people visited Florida in 2007, compared to 83.9 who came in 2006. It was the first drop-off in visitors to Florida since shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the northeast. "Trends suggest that some vacationers traveling by auto may be staying closer to home," said Bud Nocera, president and CEO of Visit Florida, the state's private-public tourism agency. Folks in other states apparently were staying closer to home too. Tourism was flat a year ago as well, increasing by 1 percent, and Visit Florida has renewed its call on the Legislature for money to help lure more visitors with advertising blitzes.
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