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Liberia Cautiously Marks End of Ebola after 4,700 Deaths

Liberia Cautiously Marks End of Ebola after 4,700 Deaths

| May 11, 2015 Comment

Liberia cautiously marks end of Ebola after 4,700 deaths – On the day Mercy Kennedy lost her mother to Ebola, it was hard to imagine a time when Liberia would be free from one of the world’s deadliest viruses. Ebola had swept through the 9-year-old Mercy’s neighborhood, killing people house by house. Neighbors were so […]

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India, Home to the World’s Most Polluted City, Launches Air Quality Index

India, Home to the World’s Most Polluted City, Launches Air Quality Index

| April 6, 2015 Comment

India, home to the world’s most polluted city, launches air quality index – India has some of the most unhealthy air of any country in the world, with pollutants from rapid industrial growth killing an estimated 620,000 people per year, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). New Delhi currently ranks as the most polluted […]

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America No Longer the Fattest Country

| January 24, 2015 Comment

America No Longer the Fattest Country – According to the CIA statistics on international obesity, the fattest countries in the world are the Pacific Island nations—American Samoa, Nauru, and Cook Islands. The US is 18th on the list. Among larger countries, Mexico replaced the US two years ago the fattest list. Obesity has been growing […]

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