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Mosquitos are moving to higher elevations — and so is malaria

Grist

Researchers have documented the insects making their homes in higher places that are typically too cool for them, from the tropical highlands of South America to the mountainous but populous regions of eastern Africa. Eighteen million doses of a new malaria vaccine are set to be distributed across Africa in the next two years.

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The disease after tomorrow

Grist

Historical range: Chikungunya fever was first identified in Tanzania in the 1950s, remained relatively rare for half a century, and then exploded into more than 60 countries throughout Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas after 2004. The disease is also prevalent in Mexico and Central and South America.

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The Life and Death of a Pioneering Environmental Justice Lawyer

DeSmogBlog

In 1987, while in law school at Harvard, Cole traveled to South Africa on a Harvard Human Rights Fellowship and volunteered for the Centre for Applied Legal Studies at Wits University. An avid birder, he first went to South America to visit friends. It gave him energy to go after the big guys.”.

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