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Environment

Why Eradicating Earth’s Mosquitoes To Fight Disease Is Probably A Bad Idea

But what would a world free of mosquitoes look like? Would it be an Earth in which the infectious diseases that plague millions are completely, permanently, and mercifully ...

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Sustainable Development

What Mobile Tech Innovation Offers Food Security

Humanitarian organizations delivering food assistance in conflict-affected areas or regions plagued by natural disasters or outbreaks of epidemic diseases cannot do their j...

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Hollywood

Sacha Baron Cohen And Isla Fisher Donate To Help Syrian Children

Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher have made a $1 million donation split equally between Save the Children and the International Rescue Committee to support victims of the c...

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Health

Why India Needs A Universal Immunisation Programme To Boost Its Healthcare.

As India embarks on its promise of universal health coverage (UHC), one should look at the healthcare system in a country like Cuba. Despite limited resources and economic ...

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Health

Why Dengue Is Not The Devil

The high number of dengue cases in many states around the country has grabbed headlines as the national tally of cases this year is nearly twice the number recorded during ...

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Thought Factory

Apathy, Waste And The Rhetoric Of Concern

Rafi Nagar, Deonar, Mumbai
April 2012

The auto-rickshaw stopped at the corner of the narrow road. A large mound of garbag...

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Health

Airplane Poop Could Help Track Global Disease Outbreaks

IN THE SUMMER Of 2013, Researchers At The Technical University Of Denmark Headed To The Copenhagen Airport For A Special Delivery: Poop. The Crew Who Clean Out Airplane Toi...

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Health

Airplane Poop Could Help Track Global Disease Outbreaks

IN THE SUMMER Of 2013, Researchers At The Technical University Of Denmark Headed To The Copenhagen Airport For A Special Delivery: Poop. The Crew Who Clean Out Airplane Toi...

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Health

A Depression-Fighting Strategy That Could Go Viral

When Ebola ends, the people who have suffered, who have lost loved ones, will need many things. They will need ways to rebuild their livelihoods. They will need a functioni...

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Health

8 Facts About Vaccines: How They Work, Who's Getting Them, And Who's NOT Getting Them.

Endless scientific research has shown that vaccines do an excellent job of controlling and even eradicating diseases. They prevent about 2.5 million deaths per year and sav...

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