Ebola fever

A prominent AIDS researcher recently recalled for me the panic at the start of the pandemic in the 1980s. Her superiors asked her not to publicize her work because they didn’t want their institution to be known as an “AIDS hospital.” Some parents instructed their children at school not to play with the researcher’s children, because she was in contact with the AIDS virus. Fear and stigma were overcome only by the relentless application of science.

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Wonkblog: Almost 20 percent of people near retirement age have no retirement savings

One in five people who are near retirement age have zero money saved.

Yes, you read that correctly.

The sobering statistic was one of many released by the Federal Reserve on Thursday as part of its report on the economic well-being of U.S. households, which surveyed more than 4,100 people online last year between mid-September and early October.

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U.S. considers air strikes in Iraq

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Otter attacks 8-year-old boy

A river otter attacked a grandmother and a 8-year-old boy while they were swimming.

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Bernstein, Rather recall Watergate

Legendary reporters Carl Bernstein and Dan Rather recall the reporting that led up to the resignation of Richard Nixon.

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World Bank to Help Combat Ebola

World Bank President Jim Yong Kim announces the bank's $200 mn pledge to fight Ebola in West Africa.

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