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Month: February 2024

Rio de Janeiro has declared a dengue health emergency days before Carnival is due to start

By ELÉONORE HUGHES Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Rio de Janeiro city authorities have declared a public health emergency in the city because of an outbreak of mosquito-borne dengue fever. The announcement came just days before Carnival celebrations kick off across Brazil. But the outbreak wasn’t expected to disrupt Carnival which officially starts

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Wellness influencers fueled pandemic misinformation. Now they’re targeting another crisis

By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — When wildfire ripped through Hawaii’s Maui last August, the impact was devastating: a whole town reduced to ashes, more than 100 lives lost. The inferno was described as the “largest natural disaster in state history.” But some on Instagram suggested, without evidence, there was something much more nefarious at

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Ocean sponges suggest Earth has warmed longer, more than thought; some scientists dubious

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer A handful of centuries-old sponges from the Caribbean are causing some scientists to theorize that human-caused climate change began sooner and has warmed the world nearly a degree Fahrenheit more than most scientists previously thought. In Monday’s study, researchers figure that the world more than a decade ago blew

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A Chicago children’s hospital has taken its networks offline after a digital attack

By KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago children’s hospital has been forced to take its networks offline after an unspecified digital attack. Access to medical records and communication by phone or email has been limited since the middle of last week. Lurie Children’s Hospital initially described the issue Wednesday as a network

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