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A Mayan Farming Technique to Fight Guatemala's Food Insecurity

A Mayan Farming Technique to Fight Guatemala's Food Insecurity

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The K'uxu'rum system improves crop yields and enables farmers to adapt to climate extremes

Haiti's Epidemic of Early-Onset Heart Disease

Haiti's Epidemic of Early-Onset Heart Disease

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A new study finds cardiovascular disease rates in Haiti are at least three times greater than among Black Americans

Climate Change, the Kidney Killer

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Is chronic kidney disease the canary in the coal mine in terms of feeling the health impacts of climate change?

Kidney disease increases are concentrated among farm workers in hot, humid conditions, including sugarcane fields in Central America, similar to this one in Jacarezinho, Brazil on January 1, 2019. Picture is taken at the edge of a field on a sugar plantation on a spectacularly clear day. The earth is brown, the growing canes are green, and the deep blue sky has little fluffy clouds rolling in. REUTERS/Marcelo Texeira