Q. Should a 65-year-old who has never had chickenpox be vaccinated against it? A. In someone who has never had chickenpox, the vaccine would protect against a disease that is far more serious in adults than it is in children, said Dr. Mark S. Lachs, director of geriatrics for the NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System and professor of medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College. After...
Toyota Settles Lawsuit Over Accelerator Recalls’ Impact
Label: BusinessDETROIT — Toyota Motor said on Wednesday that it would spend $1.1 billion to settle a sweeping class-action lawsuit by owners of millions of vehicles that were recalled for problems with unintended acceleration. The agreement, filed in federal court in California, was called one of the largest product-liability settlements in history. If the agreement is approved by the court, Toyota...
Dec
25
Iran Says Hackers Targeted Power Plant and Culture Ministry
Label: WorldIran reported a spree of new cyberattacks on Tuesday, saying foreign enemy hackers tried in recent months to disrupt computer systems at a power plant and other industries in a strategically important southern coastal province as well as a Culture Ministry information center. Accounts of the attacks in the official press did not specify who was responsible, when they were carried out or how...
Rondo leads Celtics past Nets 93-76
Label: LifestyleNEW YORK (AP) — Rajon Rondo lost his cool, and any chance at history, in the second quarter when Boston last met Brooklyn.This time, the second period featured some of the best basketball the Celtics have played this season.Rondo scored 19 points in his first full game against the Nets this season, and the Celtics won 93-76 on Tuesday in another game with some heated moments between the division rivals.Rondo,...
Netflix Points to Amazon to Explain Christmas Eve Outage
Label: BusinessNEW YORK (Reuters) - An outage at one of Amazon's web service centers hit users of Netflix Inc.'s streaming video service on Christmas Eve and was not fully resolved until Christmas day, a spokesman for the movie rental company said on Tuesday. The outage impacted Netflix subscribers across Canada, Latin America and the United States, and affected various devices that enable users to stream...
Dec
24
U.S. Civilian Is Killed at Police Headquarters in Kabul
Label: WorldKABUL, Afghanistan — A female police sergeant shot and killed an American civilian adviser at police headquarters in Kabul on Monday, Afghan police officials said, breaking a relative lull in the so-called insider killings that have strained the relationship between Americans and Afghans here. The American victim was identified as Joseph Griffin, 49, of Mansfield, Ga., who had worked for...
Pagano back to coach Colts after cancer treatment
Label: LifestyleINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Chuck Pagano stepped to the podium Monday, hugged his team owner, thanked his family for its support and wiped a tear from his eye.He might, finally, turn out the lights in his office, too.Nearly three months to the day after being diagnosed with leukemia, the Colts' first-year coach returned to a team eager to reunite with a boss healthy enough to go back to work."I told you my...
Measles: Measles Epidemic Is Spreading in Central Africa
Label: HealthJehad Nga for The New York TimesAn internally displaced persons camp in Goma, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In addition to recent violence in the country, a spreading measles epidemic is further endangering the lives of thousands of children there. A large measles epidemic is spreading in Central Africa, endangering the lives of thousands of children, the medical charity Doctors Without Borders...
Dec
23
Monti Won’t Run in New Elections
Label: WorldAlessandro Bianchi/ReutersMario Monti, Italy’s caretaker prime minister, at a news conference in Rome on Sunday. ROME — After weeks of speculation, Italy’s caretaker prime minister, Mario Monti, said Sunday that he would not run as a candidate in national elections that are expected in February, but was open to leading the government if parties that endorsed his pro-Europe, pro-reform agenda asked....
Sri Lanka arrests 100 Chinese for cyber fraud, police say
Label: TechnologyCOLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka on Saturday arrested at least 100 Chinese nationals accused of an internet fraud scheme targeting people in their home country, a police spokesman said.The accused, all in Sri Lanka on tourist visas, are suspected of hacking into computers in China and then demanding their owners transfer them money, police spokesman Prishantha Jayakodi told Reuters.Chinese police requested...
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