ImpactsAtlas of Medical Foreign Bo/Flickr Babesiosis, a tick-borne disease, is on the rise in the northeast, C.D.C. reports Babesiosis, which can cause flulike symptoms, could be spreading because of rising temperatures and the growing deer population.
Impactswww.usar.army.mil The forgotten virus: Zika families and researchers struggle for support Some babies born with devastating birth defects from the mosquito-borne illness are 7 now, but Covid turned the world’s attention away.
Impacts www.nytimes.com How the human life span doubled in 100 years Between 1920 and 2020, the average human life span doubled. How did we do it? Science mattered — but so did activism.
Impacts www.nytimes.com Pandemic plunges Puerto Rico into yet another dire emergency The island has had to weather a hurricane, a political crisis and earthquakes, but those crises did not lead to the widespread unemployment caused by the response to the coronavirus pandemic.
