How much was a gallon of gas in 1915, a quart of milk in 1967?

Sometime in 2006 the United States will reach a population of 300 million people. To spotlight this event the Census Bureau has compiled statistics comparing contemporary life with 2 other years of significant population milestones. 2006 is compared to 1967 when the U.S. reached 200 million people and 1915 when it reached 100 million people.

For example:
Tuberculosis
Death rate from this disease per 100,000 population.
2006: 0.2
1967: 3.5
1915: 140.1
(Sources: Upcoming Statistical Abstract of the United States 2007; data pertain to 2003 and 1967. <http://www.census.gov/prod/www/statistical-abstract-1995_2000.html>, 1999 edition, Table 1420. Data pertain to 1915.)

Living Longer
Life expectancy at birth.
2006: 77.8 years
1967: 70.5 years
1915: 54.5 years
<http://www.census.gov/prod/www/statistical-abstract.html>, Table 96. Data pertain to 2005.
(Source: Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970; data pertain to 1967 and 1915.)

For the 1915 price of gas and the 1967 price of a quart of milk go to the U.S. Census Bureau web site.

Mouse Atlas Project (MAP)

The Mouse Atlas Project (MAP) is a project of the Laboratory of Neuroimaging, UCLA.

" ... [It] aims to develop a dynamic, probabilistic atlas of the adult and developing C57BL/6J mouse.

The framework, in the form of a digital atlas of the C57BL/6J mouse brain, is composed of volumes of data acquired from uMRI, blockface imaging, histology, and immunohistochemistry and a set of visualization, database, mapping and measurement tools. Users can import their own data into the atlas and use the same tools to visualize, compare and measure domains of gene expression in normal, gene-targeted knock-out, or transgenic mice. "

The web site includes software, databases and atlas of brain structure, gene expression and imaging.

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National Influenza Vaccination Week November 27th. - December 3rd., 2006

Every year in the United States, on average 5% to 20% of the population becomes infected with influenza virus. More than 200,000 people are hospitalized from influenza complications and about 36,000 people die from influenza. Vaccination is the best way to prevent influenza and its severe complications. Anyone who wants to reduce their risk for getting influenza should be vaccinated during each influenza season.

To help raise awareness about the importance of influenza vaccination in November and beyond, the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the National Influenza Vaccine Summit and other partners announce a National Influenza Vaccination Week (NIVW) to take place from Monday, November 27 through Sunday, December 3, 2006. CDC encourages state and local health departments, public health partners, and providers to plan influenza vaccination clinics and activities to promote influenza vaccination.

Free materials are available for easy printing at the"flu gallery" (www.cdc.gov/flu/gallery), including posters and educational flyers.

Finding the Needle in the BBA Haystack

Do you have a Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) reference with only the volume number and year? Have you search fruitlessly for the section?

There is now an easy way to find the section. ScienceDirect recently posted a chart called BBA Decoder that lists volume numbers with links to sections. It is a project of the University of California at San Diego Libraries. The section link takes you directly to the top page for that section. Once at the section the volume numbers are listed on the left-hand side. Find your volume, and, voila, you are there.