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Archives for February 2016
Texas reports case of sexually transmitted Zika virus
2016-02-02 | FRANCE24 The first US case of the Zika virus has been contracted in Dallas County and was acquired through sexual transmission, local health officials said on Tuesday. The infection was confirmed by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The local health authority added that there are no reports of the virus being locally transmitted by mosquitoes in … [Read more...] about Texas reports case of sexually transmitted Zika virus
Is America Great?
Edward Alden and Rebecca Strauss | February 1, 2016 | FOREIGN POLICY How the United States Stacks Up Deafeat in Iowa aside, whether or not Donald Trump secures the Republican presidential nomination, his campaign has certainly captured the deep disillusionment among many voters about America’s place in the world. “This country is in big trouble,” he said in the first … [Read more...] about Is America Great?
Putin’s Dragon
Joshua Yaffa | Report from Grozny | February 8 & 15 Issue | THE NEW YORKER Is the ruler of Chechnya out of control? The center of Grozny, the capital of the Russian republic of Chechnya, is unrecognizable to anyone who saw it during the country’s two most recent wars against Russia. The First Chechen War, which began in 1994, was a war of nationalist … [Read more...] about Putin’s Dragon
S. Sudan troops ‘suffocated’ 50 people by stuffing them in container
Tuesday 2 February 2016 | DAILY NATION ADDIS ABABA - South Sudan government troops killed some 50 people by stuffing them into a shipping container in baking heat, ceasefire monitors have said in a report noting the latest atrocities in two years of war. Despite an August peace deal, fighting continues, and the conflict now involves multiple militia forces … [Read more...] about S. Sudan troops ‘suffocated’ 50 people by stuffing them in container
How Zika Virus Can Spread
Carolyn Kormann | February 1, 2016 | THE NEW YORKER When Andrew Haddow was a boy, in the nineteen-eighties, his father told him bedtime stories about his grandfather, a Scottish scientist named Alexander John Haddow, who studied rare viruses in the jungle outside Entebbe, Uganda. As Haddow got older, he began reading his grandfather’s papers. One of them was about the … [Read more...] about How Zika Virus Can Spread
Why Oxford has so few black students, and who is to blame
Tim Wigmore | 1 February 2016 | THE NEW STATESMAN In 2014, a black student applying to Oxford was half as likely to get in as a white student. Whose fault is this? David Cameron is angry. Just 27 black students were admitted to Oxford in 2014, prompting the Prime Minister to rail against the university’s “ingrained, institutional and insidious” racism. Just 1 per … [Read more...] about Why Oxford has so few black students, and who is to blame
A Diet High In Fiber May Help Protect Against Breast Cancer
Allison Aubrey | 1 February 2016 | NPR If the advice to eat more fiber seems easy to ignore, you're not alone. Most Americans don't get the 25 to 38 grams a day that's recommended, depending on age and gender. But if you're skimping on fiber, the health stakes are high, especially if you're a teenage girl. A study published Monday in the journal Pediatrics concludes … [Read more...] about A Diet High In Fiber May Help Protect Against Breast Cancer