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[https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/12/06/1049356730/more-people-died-of-malaria-in-2020-than-in-2019-heres-why by Joanne Silberner 6/12/21 npr] | [https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/12/06/1049356730/more-people-died-of-malaria-in-2020-than-in-2019-heres-why by Joanne Silberner 6/12/21 npr] | ||
That's one of the encouraging takeaways from the new annual report on malaria issued on Monday by the World Health Organization. But the sobering news is that despite progress in some countries, this debilitating and lethal disease took a greater toll in 2020 than in the recent past. | That's one of the encouraging takeaways from the new annual report on malaria issued on Monday by the World Health Organization. But the sobering news is that despite progress in some countries, this debilitating and lethal disease took a greater toll in 2020 than in the recent past. | ||
=====5 of the world’s deadliest infectious diseases===== | |||
[https://www.weforum.org/stories/2020/04/covid-19-infectious-diseases-tuberculosis-measles-malaria/ by Lucy Foster 9/4/20 WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM] | |||
COVID-19, caused by a newly discovered coronavirus, can lead to respiratory illness. It has, in a few short months, infected more than 1.5 million people. More than 89,000 have died. And while there are actions we can take to help slow its spread, there's currently no vaccine or treatment available. | |||
