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  • June 2008
    • Alaskan Salmon Sick of Climate Change

      Alaskan Salmon Sick of Climate Change

      (Newser) - Alaskan king salmon are getting sick, and experts have named a culprit: global warming. Marine ecologists say that a rise in "white spot disease" is tied to a 3-decade trend of higher temperatures in the Yukon River, the Los Angeles Times reports. With cold-temperature barriers melting, parasites and bacteria are moving north—and threatening Alaska's prized salmon stock. More »

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      global warming   Alaska   disease   fish   fishing   salmon   parasite

  • June 2007
    • Docs Close to Stamping Out Guinea Worm

      Docs Close to Stamping Out Guinea Worm

      (Newser) - In a campaign led by Jimmy Carter, world public health authorities have decreased the incidence of guinea worm disease (formally known as dracunculiasis) from 3.5 million cases in 1986 to just over 25,000 in 2006. Guinea worm is a parasite transmitted through water to humans that causes excruciating pain when its larvae emerge from the skin. More »

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      health   public health   disease   Jimmy Carter   larvae   parasite

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