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Coronavirus is a warning to us to mend our broken relationship with nature | Marco Lambertini, Elizabeth Maruma Mrema and Maria Neira Vietnam

Coronavirus is a warning to us to mend our broken relationship with nature | Marco Lambertini, Elizabeth Maruma Mrema and Maria Neira

In 1997, a large area of rainforest in south-east Asia was burned to the ground to make way for palm oil plantations. A combination of deforestation, forest fires and drought are believed to have for… Read More
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June 17, 2020
Rare, Nearly Extinct Parasite May Have Resurfaced in Vietnam, Doctors Say Vietnam

Rare, Nearly Extinct Parasite May Have Resurfaced in Vietnam, Doctors Say

A person’s foot being infested by the guinea worm, date unknown.Photo: National Museum of Health and MedicineDoctors in Vietnam this week say that they’ve made a mysterious and—if accurate—alarming discovery: A local resident who was infested with the nearly extinct Guinea worm. But Guinea worm experts are still trying to…
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June 12, 2020