Rising global temperatures are undoing hard-earned progress.
Tag: World Health Organization
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Mosquitoes Are a Growing Public Health Threat, Reversing Years of Progress
Climate change and the rapid evolution of the insect have helped drive up malaria deaths and brought dengue and other mosquito-borne viruses to places that never had to worry about them.
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Henrietta Lacks’s Family Settles with Company That Used Her Cells
Ms. Lacks’s family had accused Thermo Fisher Scientific of profiting from her cells, which have contributed to revolutionary advances in medicine, without seeking their permission.
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Despite Aspartame Warning, Beverage Companies Likely to Stick With It
A health agency warned the artificial sweetener may be a carcinogen, but others say that risk is overblown and consumers flock to the taste.
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Aspartame and Cancer: What to Know About the WHO’s Advice
Experts say there’s no need to panic about your diet soda habit.