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More than 4,000 people worldwide die from violence every day. For some countries, it has become a leading cause of death. Now public health advocates are rallying a far-reaching response to what they say is largely a preventable problem. Photo illustration by Bola Oyeleye (photo source- Artville Stock Images).
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 The Violence Pandemic
by Donna Eberwine
Violence claims the lives of more than a million people every year and leaves many more with physical and mental scars. The authors of the first World Report on Violence and Health argue that it is largely a preventable problem and that public health can play a critical role in helping to bring it under control. |
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 Chronicling the End of Polio
by Paula Andaló
Photojournalist Sebastião Salgado has traveled the world to document human travails in an era of globalization. But his most recent work was inspired by hope: It chronicles the final thrust in the global campaign to eradicate a crippling disease.
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 Battling over Biotechnology
by Donal Nugent
Genetically modified crops are becoming the rule rather than the exception in North American agriculture, and they are showing up in a growing number of Latin American countries as well. But lingering doubts about their safety have prompted governments to take new action to address public concerns.
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 Crusaders for Animal Health
by Alexandre Spatuzza
Since foot-and-mouth disease was first introduced into the Americas in the 19th century, it has been the single most enduring threat to the region's livestock. Now, with help from the Pan American Foot-and-Mouth Disease Center, the region is on track to eradicate the disease by the end of this decade.
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 Purple Death: The Great Flu of 1918
by Sara Francis Fujimura
At least twice during each of the last three centuries, a mutant strain of the influenza virus has emerged, killing hundreds of thousands around the world. By far the most devastating of these was the Spanish flu of 1918. A number of recent books on the subject make sobering reading today, when experts say the world is due for a new pandemic. |
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