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What the 9 human cases of bird flu in the U.S. so…
The illnesses, all in farm workers, have been relatively mild — a contrast to the flu’s deadly effect on many birds and some mammals.
Dengue fever is surging worldwide. A hotter…
Climate change helped fuel an explosion of dengue cases in the Americas, including Puerto Rico, as mosquitoes multiply in warmer, wetter weather.
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