The mosquito-borne disease is sweeping through a province in southern China, which is taking strict measures to quash the outbreak.
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Photos of a starving baby in Gaza shocked the world. Here’s how he’s doing now
Images showing baby Mohammad Al-Motawaq captured world attention last month. In Israel, they were used to support claims that mass hunger in Gaza does not exist.
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His name is Mohammad Al-Motawaq. He is 18 months old. And he is starving in Gaza
Hidaya Al-Motawaq’s son Mohammad is a year and a half old and weighs less than 10 pounds. Doctors and aid workers warn of permanent damage to the health of children in Gaza due to chronic malnutrition.
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An autopsy confirms Gene Hackman died from heart disease
Hackman was also in the advanced stages of Alzheimer’s disease and likely had not eaten for a long time, according to the new report. The actor, 95, had been in poor health for some time.
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What World War II taught us about how to help starving people today
The modern study of starvation was sparked by the liberation of concentration camp survivors. U.S. and British soldiers rushed to feed them — and yet they sometimes perished.
