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What makes the current monkeypox outbreak different is that the majority of confirmed cases in non-endemic countries have no history of travel to areas where monkeypox is endemic.
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Photo by Freepik Each week, approximately 23% of the adult U.S. population use a fever reducer and painkiller, such as…
“The benefit[s] of increasing CO2 concentrations for plant growth are increasingly being outweighed by the negative impacts, especially of global warming. This is true for natural as well as agricultural ecosystems.”
“The thing to remember is that drought is a very complex phenomenon. For one, drought is not just precipitation. Drought is also soil moisture and streamflow. This is an important distinction, because it means that other processes that may be affected by climate change (e.g., evaporation) can play a role in increasing drought, even if precipitation does not change.”
Introduction COVID-19 vaccines have been instrumental in our fight against the pandemic and our return to a normal life, thanks…
“The decreases have accelerated since the 1990s and have been part of a consistent suite of changes in the Arctic, including rising atmospheric temperatures, melting land ice, thawing permafrost, longer growing seasons, increased coastal erosion, and warming oceans. Overall, it has been a consistent picture solidly in line with the expectations of the warming climate predicted from increases in greenhouse gases. In particular, modeled sea ice predictions showed marked Arctic sea ice decreases, and the actual decreases even exceeded what the models predicted.”
Introduction Multiple articles and social media posts have debated the strength of infection-induced immunity—commonly referred to as natural immunity—compared to…
Introduction Whether you’re watching the news or scrolling through your social media feeds, you’re certain to come across content about…
Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic prompted countries everywhere to take measures to reduce the spread of the disease. One of these…
