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The Horrific Guinea Worm Is on the Run—Just 14 Cases Reported Worldwide Last Year

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On Wednesday, the Carter Center announced that only 14 cases of guinea worm disease were reported worldwide in 2021—the lowest toll yet and a sharp decline from the year before. A debilitating parasitic worm could soon be eradicated as one of humanity’s longtime foes. There are still ongoing challenges impeding… Read more.

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Cowards Hit Papua New Guinea With Ransomware During Covid-19 Surge

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Papua New Guinea’s government finance office has been hit with a ransomware cyberattack and the hackers are demanding bitcoin, according to Bloomberg News. And while many of the specifics surrounding the attack are still unclear, it’s becoming obvious that hackers won’t just target the wealthiest countries and richest… Read more.

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Health Official in Papua New Guinea Explains How Facebook Spreads Misinformation

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Papua New Guinea’s health minister, Jelta Wong, spoke with an Australian think tank over videochat on Thursday about challenges PNG faces in combatting the covid-19 pandemic. PNG is seeing a resurgence of the disease along with a growing wave of misinformation being spread online about vaccines, and the talk is an… Read more.

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Niantic Launches Harry Potter Wizards Unite as Beta in Australia & New Zealand

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The land down under joins New Zealand (who gained access to the beta on April 16), as the lucky guinea pigs for the location-based game. On Tuesday, the beta version of Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, built in partnership with Niantic, Warner Bros., and Portkey Games, launched published to Google Play and the App Store in Australia.

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Experimental Anti-Tick Vaccine Aims to Stop Bites That Could Spread Lyme

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In a new study involving guinea pigs, an experimental… Read more. In the not-so-distant future, campers and hikers may be able to get a shot that not only protects them from Lyme disease but also from the bloodsucking ticks that spread it—at least if Yale-led research into an anti-tick vaccine continues to show promise.

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This Little AI-Powered Robot Pet Is So Cute it Hurts

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I’m not sure if Moflin is supposed to be a robotic hamster, guinea pig, baby bunny, or some alternate take on a Tribble , but goddamn this robo-pet is cute. Read more.

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A Mystery Worm Infection in Vietnam Shows a New Species Can Live in Humans

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The worms inside the man weren’t the Guinea worm ( Dracunculus medinensis ), a now-rare parasite on the brink of eradication, as originally thought. The mystery over a worm infestation found in a Vietnamese man last year has been solved, though not without adding another creepy wrinkle to the tale. Instead, they were a… Read more.

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