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Why Brazil Needs EpiPens

Why Brazil Needs EpiPens

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Easy access to anaphylaxis treatments such as epinephrine injectors is vital to preventing serious outcomes

The Mathematical Solution to Snakebites

The Mathematical Solution to Snakebites

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A Duke University team develops a math model to better distribute antivenom to the Amazonas

Joyful and Painful Tales of Migrant Reunions

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Why integration services for immigrant families matter

Joyful and Painful Tales of Migrant Reunions

Revolutionizing Maternal Care in Colombia

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How the Hospital Padrino strategy is bringing care to underserved communities

Revolutionizing Maternal Care in Colombia

What Brazil's "Poison Package" Means for Global Food Supplies

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New legislation could weaken regulations on pesticide use, allowing for temporary approvals before risks are reviewed

What Brazil's "Poison Package" Means for Global Food Supplies

Argentina's Quarantine—The Long View

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To build on the country's early success against COVID-19, we should envision an overall Latin American pandemic response

Argentine canoeist Sebastian Rossi trains in his girlfriend's pool, due to the coronavirus outbreak, as he prepares for the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, in Buenos Aires, Argentina June 8, 2020. The photo shows the canoeist rowing furiously in a swimming pool. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian

Estimating the Latin Wave of Coronavirus

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Projections show potential impact of COVID-19 on Latin America—Brazil, Mexico, Peru, and Ecuador among the hardest hit

Monica Samudio, 46, whose husband Jorge Garcia, 51, died from coronavirus looks out of her window in Mexico City on April 29, 2020. Samudio faced discrimination when she contracted the disease. Picture shows the woman looking out her window and partially reflected in the glass. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido

Handwashing Is Crucial for Combating Coronavirus

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Expanded hand-washing access could save thousands of lives from diseases like COVID-19—especially in low-income settings

Proportion of population with no access to hand-washing in 2019. The map shows that hand-washing access is lowest in low-income countries in sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia and the Caribbean.

Coronavirus in Ecuador

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Pandemic highlights need for a future broad, multidisciplinary, independent commission to inform science-based decisions

Soldiers on the Ecuadoran side of the border with Colombia, in Tufino, Ecuador, after their government announced the closure of borders to all foreign travelers due to coronavirus on March 15, 2020. The photo shows a border crossing with a large sign reading, Ecuador, and several soldiers in the frame. REUTERS/Daniel Tapia

Coronavirus in Latin America

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How will the region cope with COVID-19 pressure on health care systems, weak economies, and unstable politics

Soldiers guard the Ecuadoran side of a border with Colombia in Tufino, Ecuador on March 15, 2020, after country leaders announced the closure of its borders to all foreign travelers due to COVID-19. The photo shows a simple border crossing through a small town with a big sign reading "Ecuador" above the street. The crossing is closed with metal barricades, and a soldier stands out front. REUTERS/Daniel Tapia

How to Find Healthy Processed Foods? Just say Na+

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Reducing the world's sodium intake should start with industry, and lessons from the United Kingdom show it can work

A worker carries packs of table salt at a warehouse in Jakarta, Indonesia, on March 14, 2018. Picture shows the torso of what appears to be a young man heavily burdened with more than a dozen large, one-pound bags of salt. He wears a red shirt and walks against a green backdrop and the bottom bag appears to be slipping out of his grasp. REUTERS/Beawiharta Beawiharta

Unseen Diversity, From Jungle Hut to City Flat

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Study explores how diversity of chemicals and microbes changes along an "urbanization gradient" across Amazon rainforest

Picture shows weathered, rain-beaten buildings in the small Amazon Jungle community of Puerto Almendras, Peru