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What to know about dengue fever as cases spread
New York Times, Published on 25/10/2023
» NEW YORK - Cases of dengue fever, a mosquito-borne viral illness that can be fatal, are surging around the world. The increase is occurring both in places that have long struggled with the disease and in areas where its spread was unheard-of until the last year or two, including France, Italy and Chad, in central Africa. Last week, health officials in Pasadena, California, reported a first case of locally transmitted dengue.
‘Captain Condom’ turned the tide in war on Aids, overpopulation
New York Times, Published on 06/08/2022
» Mechai Viravaidya twice saw Thailand in desperate trouble — first from a ruinous population explosion and then from the Aids epidemic — and he responded to both crises the same way: with condoms and his own considerable charisma.
Monkeypox: A rare virus on the rise
New York Times, Published on 21/05/2022
» The rare monkeypox virus, usually confined mostly to Central and West Africa, has spread in unusual ways this year and among populations that have not been vulnerable in the past.
What happens when Covid-19 becomes endemic?
New York Times, Published on 09/04/2022
» For months, some American and European leaders have foretold that the coronavirus pandemic would soon become endemic. Covid-19 would resolve into a disease that we learn to live with. According to several governors, it nearly has.
Americans to be allowed to mark gender as ‘X’ on passports
New York Times, Published on 31/03/2022
» WASHINGTON: The Joe Biden administration Thursday announced several measures intended to make federal forms of identification, applications for federal programs and travel documents more inclusive for Americans who identify as transgender or nonbinary, or who otherwise do not conform to traditional gender roles.
Justin Bieber tests positive for Covid-19
New York Times, Published on 21/02/2022
» Canadian pop singer Justin Drew Bieber has tested positive for the coronavirus, one day after he began his world tour in San Diego on Friday, a representative for Bieber confirmed Sunday.
No, athletes are not dying from Covid-19 vaccines
New York Times, Published on 29/01/2022
» The conspiracy theory that athletes are collapsing or dying after receiving a Covid-19 vaccine resurfaced this week after two prominent voices advanced the idea.
CDC: Covid may raise risk of diabetes in children
New York Times, Published on 08/01/2022
» Children who have recovered from Covid-19 appear to be at significantly increased risk of developing Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes, researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Friday.
Pfizer’s Covid vaccine: what you need to know
New York Times, Published on 10/11/2020
» As coronavirus cases surge in the United States and elsewhere, with little relief in sight, the world got good news on Monday. Pfizer and its partner, the German company, BioNTech, announced preliminary results that suggested their vaccine was more than 90% effective.
Duterte orders strict public smoking ban in Philippines
New York Times, Published on 19/05/2017
» MANILA -- President Rodrigo Duterte, who has overseen a deadly campaign to eradicate drug use in the Philippines, has now ordered a strict public ban on smoking and called on citizens to help local authorities apprehend smokers.