It’s not just your imagination. Providing the first-ever definitive proof, a team of scientists has shown that emerging infectious diseases such as HIV, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), West Nile virus and Ebola are indeed on the rise. The team recently published their findings in leading scientific journal Nature.
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As the U.S. flu season soars, the CDC says this year’s flu vaccine doesn’t match two of the three main types of flu bugs now in circulation.
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More than 40 percent of drinking water in rural China falls short of government standards, state media said Monday, citing a health ministry study.
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There is a growing consensus that increased demand for electricity will cement coal’s place in the energy portfolio for years to come. In fact, more than half of the electricity produced in the United States comes from coal.
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