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‘Little Teresa’ helps São Paulo women fight drought and male domination — with rain barrels

Environment

Brazil’s largest city, São Paulo is coming out of a searing drought. But its impact wasn’t all bad. One woman saw the drought as an opportunity to empower women and bring her community closer together.

doctors at Ipojuca

A ‘tsunami of disease’ slams Brazil’s health system

Health
A worker from a private company fumigates a property for mosquitoes in Port-au-Prince, May 23, 2014. The painful mosquito-borne virus called Chikungunya is spreading quickly through the Caribbean, causing alarm in Haiti and the neighboring Dominican Repub

Jamaica declares a state of emergency to try to stop the spread of painful chikungunya virus

Health
Hatian Marqui Ducarme was hit with the Chikungunya virus in May of this year. After spreading quickly through the Caribbean, public health officials in Florida say the painful mosquito-borne disease has just shown up for the first time in the United State

After a long journey from Africa, a new tropical disease sets up shop in Florida

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Hatian Marqui Ducarme was hit with the Chikungunya virus in May of this year. After spreading quickly through the Caribbean, public health officials in Florida say the painful mosquito-borne disease has just shown up for the first time in the United State

After a long journey from Africa, a new tropical disease sets up shop in Florida

Environment