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Malawi cholera death toll crosses 400 as outbreak spreads
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe death toll from a cholera outbreak in Malawi has jumped to over 400, health minister Khumbize Chiponda said on Thursday, appealing to people in the worst-hit areas to get vaccinated. The ...
Pandemics Don't Really End—They Echo
Time via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThe public health emergency related to the COVID-19 pandemic officially ended on May 11, 2023. It was a purely administrative step. Viruses do not answer...
As COVID raged, filmmakers captured Pierce County at its worst. The proof just hit PBS | Opinion
Tacoma News Tribune via AOL· 2 months agoThe drama and suspense transpired in real-time, over several weeks in late 2020. At the height of...
Texas history shows that plagues like COVID don't just go away
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 2 years agoToday's Think, Texas column is dedicated to remembering the echoes of plague in this state. For no...
Survivors reel in aftermath of 1 of Africa’s deadliest cyclones
Good Morning America via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn the trail of its double landfall, Cyclone Freddy has left a death toll of at least 522 people...
Polio Is Making a Comeback. Thanks, Anti-Vaxxers!
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIf it seems like infectious diseases are coming at us faster, spreading more widely and persisting longer than they have in generations, it’s because...
N. Korea reports another disease outbreak amid COVID-19 wave
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNorth Korea reported a new “epidemic" of an intestinal disease on Thursday, an unusual announcement...
How 1880s technology allowed Nellie Bly and her competitor to break the record for the fastest trip...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 5 months agoNellie Bly in her traveling dress and coat.Bettmann/Getty Images In 1889, journalist Nellie Bly set...
Gaza's next tragedy: Disease risk spreads amid overcrowded shelters, dirty water and breakdown of...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 6 months agoHigh levels of diarrhea, scabies and respiratory infections have been reported as bombing campaign...