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Dakin Andone, CNN: Officials have declared that the Thomas Fire is formally out, as no hotspots have appeared in the fire’s boundary over the last two months. The fire, which started about six months ago, is the largest fire in California history, burning 281,893 acres and forcing large scale…

Emily Baumgaertner, New York Times: Aid workers in DRC are utilizing a ring method in their vaccination program against Ebola, vaccinating individuals in contact with the Ebola case, as well as individuals in contact with those contacts. Already, the ring vaccination method is currently being…

Dr. Sarah Brown, BBC: How many people actually die from volcanoes each year? Dr. Sarah Brown from University of Bristol reports that despite there being 1,500 active volcanoes worldwide, only about 60 volcanoes erupt each year. Most volcanic deaths in the last decade are due primarily to a few…

Michael Nedelman, CNN: The US State Department is investigating a reported sonic attack on a US government worker in Guangzhou, China. The government worker experienced abnormal feelings of pressure and sound, experiencing health symptoms such as dizziness. headaches, and fatigue. Upon return to…

South China Morning Post: Indonesia is currently dealing with the aftermath of multiple recent terrorist attacks in the country, all claimed under the Islamic State. On Sunday, May 13th, a family’s coordinated bombing attack at three separate churches left 18 dead and 40 injured in Surabaya. The…

Joshua Berlinger, CNN: Morgan Windsor, ABC News: A vaccination campaign to combat against the spread of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo will begin on Monday. With now four confirmed case now in Mbandaka, an important urban port city with an estimated 1.2 million residents,…

Terray Sylvester-Reuters: On Sunday, a new fissure opened on Kilauea volcano, the 17th to open since the volcano first erupted on May 3rd. The fracture is believed to be 1000 feet long, the largest out of all the previous fissures. With the opening of the new fissure emitting steam and lava,…

BBC: A young French woman died hours after calling an emergency service line. The emergency service operator ignored her call, hung up, and then preceded to mock the caller to a fellow worker. The woman died in December, but the case has recently appeared in the news due to the posting of the…

The New York Times: Thomas Fuller, Anjali Singhvi, and Josh Williams- Due to the housing shortage in San Francisco, the city built upwards, creating taller buildings that are located extremely close to one and other. As a result, experts are taking a closer look at the city’s building regulations…

The New York Times: Donald G. McNeil Jr.- A recent study found that using mosquito nets utilizing two pesticides, pyrethroids and piperonyl butoxide, protect children up to 44% better than normal malaria nets. Pyrethroids have previously been used in malarial nets, but developed resistance has…

Reuters: Stephanie Nebehay- Venezuela saw the largest increase of malaria cases worldwide during the 2017 year. There were 406,000 cases of malaria reported that year, an increase of around 70% in the country. With the mass exodus of Venezuelans into neighboring countries, especially Brazil, as a…

South China Morning Post: Danny Mok, NHK - Japan and Taiwan are on high alert due to recent measles outbreaks in both countries. In Japan, specifically in Okinawa, there are currently 70 reported cases of measles and, in Taiwan, there are 23 cases, the highest number of measles cases reported in…

Michelle Roberts, Natasha Bach, BBC and Fortune- In general, infection rates of malaria have dropped over 60% since 2000. However, in 2016, for the first time in ten years, the number of cases of malaria in the world increased, from 211 million to 216 million. The recent rising trend of cases is…

Euan McKirdy, CNN- Australia is currently dealing with a mysterious outbreak of Buruli ulcer, an infectious, flesh-eating disease that affects the skin and sometimes the bone of the individual. Over the last few years, Australia has seen an increase in cases of Buruli ulcer, especially in…