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Climate change and rapid urbanization worsened the impact of East African rains, scientists say
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe impact of the calamitous rains that struck East Africa from March to May was intensified by a...
Why Infectious Disease Outbreaks Are Becoming So Common
Time via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCredit - Thomas Jackson—Getty Images SARS-CoV-2. Monkeypox. Polio. Marburg. These viruses are no...
Once-in-100 year temperatures in Sahel, West Africa impossible without man-made warming, study finds
United Press International via Yahoo News· 1 month agoA extreme once-in-a-century heatwave in Africa's Sahel and western regions that saw temperatures...
Outbreaks from animals in Africa surge by 60% in last decade
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe number of outbreaks of diseases that jumped from animals to humans in Africa has surged by more...
What Climate Change Means For Africa's Food Crisis
Time via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA man holds the hand of his baby who is being treated for severe acute malnutrition at the Banadir Maternity and Children Hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia,...
A building marked by fire and death shows the decay of South Africa's 'city of gold'
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 9 months agoOne of the few things that survived the fire and smoke that caused at least 76 horrific deaths in a...
Dust storms are becoming ‘more frequent and severe’ – so are we prepared?
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 1 month agoAthens has been engulfed in dust from the Sahara in one of the worst storms in six years - Milos...
1.7 million deaths in cities linked to air pollution with Delhi ranked worst in world – report
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe world’s biggest cities are suffering from extremely hazardous levels of toxic air, which has...
‘It threatens us all’: How dirty air became the world’s silent killer
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 2 months agoAir pollution, from both man-made and natural sources, kills 7 million people every year - Julie...
As new diseases emerge and old ones surprise us, infectious disease doctors work overtime
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBOSTON — Infectious disease specialist Nesli Basgoz woke up before dawn one morning last month with...