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Zika testing lags in a vulnerable New York population
2016-06-18 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: As the Zika virus swept north from Brazil into the Caribbean, bringing with it frightening risks for pregnant women and their unborn children, United States health officials decided in February that all expectant women who had visited the countries affected should be tested for the disease. But after the guidelines were put in place, public health officials and doctors in New York City found that large numbers of women, many uninsured or low-income immigrants from the Caribbean and Latin America,...
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Almost 80% of the World's Population Live Under Light-Polluted Sky
2016-06-14 09:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: The world never sleeps. This may be true based on the recent findings published in Sciences Advances which states that 80 percent of the world's population is living under light pollution, making it difficult for eight out of 10 people to see the milky way galaxy at night. Artificial lights cause light-polluted sky. The excessively bright night sky, visible worldwide, can mostly be observed in Singapore, Kuwait and Qatar, while 99 percent of the U.S. and European population have light-polluted...
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Scientists use climate, population changes to predict diseases
2016-06-13 01:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: British scientists say they have developed a model that can predict outbreaks of zoonotic diseases those such as Ebola and Zika that jump from animals to humans based on changes in climate. Describing their model as "a major improvement in our understanding of the spread of diseases from animals to people", the researchers said it could help governments prepare for and respond to disease outbreaks, and to factor in their risk when making policies that might affect the environment. "Our...
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Despite Population Growth, Federal Spending On Water Utility Projects Plunges
2016-06-03 05:52:48| publicworks Home Page
The federal government has steadily backed away from its role in funding water infrastructure, but policymakers are considering a variety of innovative ways to make federal money available for local water projects without the need for direct federal spending.
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Hong Kong has world's most connected population
2016-05-10 10:30:10| Digital TV News
The GfK Connected Consumer Index shows which countries have the worlds most connected consumers, both overall and in detail across each of eleven different device types, together with trends over the last five years.
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