Climate change is bringing malaria to new areas. In Africa, it never left
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Malaria patient Funmilayo Kotun, 66, is photographed in her one room in Makoko neighborhood of Lagos, Nigeria, April 20, 2024. Funmilayo Kotun, a 66-year-old malaria patient, is photographed in her one room in the Makoko neighborhood of Lagos, Nigeria, April 20, 2024.
When a small number of cases of locally transmitted malaria were found in the United States last year, it was a reminder that climate change is reviving or migrating the threat of some diseases. But across the African continent malaria has never left, killing or sickening millions of people.
Christian Orthodox priest Hennadii Kharkivskyi leads a service at the chapel basement of the Church of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Lypivka near Lviv, Ukraine, April 28, 2024. Christian Orthodox worshippers leave the chapel basement after attending a service at the Church of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Lypivka near Lviv, Ukraine, April 28, 2024. Christian Orthodox priest Hennadii Kharkivskyi leads a service at the chapel basement of the Church of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Lypivka near Lviv, Ukraine, April 28, 2024.
Gen Alpha is the first generation to have all of its members born into a society where smartphones and other connected devices are commonplace. The children who make up Gen Alpha are often growing up, exploring and competing in a virtual world rather than in real life. An over-dependence on smart phones and devices could make children less self-reliant, according to licensed professional counselor Shelly Melia, a professor at Dallas Baptist University.
FILE - In this photo illustration the social media application logo for TikTok is displayed on the screen of an iPhone in front of a US and Chinese flag background in Washington, DC, on March 16, 2023. FILE - Giovanna Gonzalez of Chicago demonstrates as Congress weighs a crackdown on TikTok, on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 12, 2024.
People gather on a bridge where a woman's body was retrieved after floodwater washed away houses and people in Kamuchiri village, Nakuru county, Kenya, on April 30, 2024. At least 48 people were killed in the incident. A man sits on a tree trunk in flooded Kamuchiri village, Kenya, on April 30, 2024. Kenya has been overwhelmed by flooding that killed 66 people on Monday alone and in recent days has blocked a national highway, swamped the main airport and swept a bus off a bridge.