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Science Jun 25

Analysis: How deforestation helps deadly viruses jump from animals to humans

By Amy Y. Vittor, Gabriel Zorello Laporta, Maria Anice Mureb Sallum, The Conversation

Health Mar 12

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U.S. federal response to coronavirus a ‘fiasco,’ says global health expert

As the novel coronavirus pandemic takes hold in the U.S., some Americans are expressing concerns over how the government is handling the situation, the availability of testing kits and the U.S. response in comparison to that of other countries. Dr.

Nation Mar 26

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New treatments yield hope for stopping tuberculosis, world’s leading infectious killer

Sunday marked World Tuberculosis Day. While T.B. doesn’t attract the same attention as influenza, malaria or Ebola, it recently surpassed HIV/AIDS to become the globe's leading infectious killer. In 2018, there were more than 10 million new cases. There hadn’t…

Politics Jan 16

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News Wrap: Bannon testifies in closed-door House hearing

In our news wrap Tuesday, former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon spent hours behind closed doors with the House Intelligence Committee to testify in the investigation of potential collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. Also, a major storm…

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World Jul 08

Man lies on the bed of a cholera treatment center in Sanaa, Yemen
Attacks in Syria and Yemen are turning disease into a weapon of war

The unrelenting attacks on health facilities, workers, and resources in Syria and Yemen have created public health catastrophes that put millions of children at risk for death and illness.

By Homer Venters, STAT

Jun 16

Column: The only conquerors of inequality are the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

By Walter Scheidel

Walter Scheidel argues that economic inequality is not only inevitable, but that whenever inequality has been reduced, the reasons forcing inequality down have been nothing short of horrific.

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Jan 04

Gun violence spreads like an infectious disease, new research finds

By Megan Thielking, STAT

Gun violence in Chicago spreads like an infectious disease — and now, researchers have figured out a way to predict who’s most likely get sick next.

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Oct 05

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In Florida, controlling Zika is no simple matter

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Florida's battle against the outbreak of Zika is intensifying as the number of cases climbs. The state currently has 940 documented instances of the virus, with 230 in Miami-Dade County alone. Efforts to contain the spread of the disease focus…

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Oct 05

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U.S. officials brace for powerful hit from Hurricane Matthew

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Hurricane Matthew is the worst natural disaster to hit Haiti since the earthquake in 2010, prompting Haitian officials to postpone the presidential election set for next week. After causing damage in Cuba, the storm is next headed for the Bahamas…

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Jun 15

Polio strain found in India two years after virus declared eradicated

By Kulsoom Khan

Two years after the World Health Organization declared India polio-free, an active strain of the virus has been found in samples of sewage water in the southern city of Hyderabad.

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