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Dengue fever outbreak in Argentina leads to shortage of a must-have item: mosquito repellent 04/09/2024 03:29pm • BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Shelves have gone empty, as residents hunt in vain and resort to DIY alternatives. And surging resale prices are shocking even to Argentines accustomed to triple-digit inflation. The country’s latest crisis: There isn’t enough mosquito repellent. As the South Am The 7 Best Cybersecurity Stocks to Buy Now 04/07/2024 08:00pm • Over the last 25 years, the cybersecurity industry has grown from virtual obscurity into one of the most important and fastest-growing industries in the world. In the early 1990s, cybersecurity was in its infancy. The internet -- then known as the World Wide Web -- had not yet been fully adopted as William Contreras hits 2 home runs, Willy Adames also homers as Brewers beat Mariners 12-4 04/07/2024 06:13pm • MILWAUKEE (AP) — William Contreras hit two home runs, Willy Adames also homered and the Milwaukee Brewers pounded the Seattle Mariners 12-4 on Sunday. Contreras finished with four hits and five RBIs. He hit his first homer off Seattle starter Emerson Hancock (1-1) in the second inning and connecte These Palestinian mothers in Gaza gave birth Oct. 7. Their babies have known only war 04/07/2024 03:45am • NUSEIRAT, Gaza Strip (AP) — Rockets streaked through the morning sky in Gaza on Oct. 7 as Amal Al-Taweel hurried to the hospital in the nearby Nuseirat refugee camp, already in labor. After a difficult birth, she and her husband, Mustafa, finally got to hold Ali, the child they spent three years t Los casos de cáncer aumentarán a medida que el mundo envejece, lo que afectará a algunos países como "un maremoto" 04/04/2024 12:29pm • (CNN) -- Cada año, decenas de millones de personas en todo el mundo son diagnosticadas de cáncer y millones mueren a causa de esta enfermedad. Ahora, un informe de la Sociedad Estadounidense contra el Cáncer prevé que, para 2050, el número de personas con cáncer podría aumentar un 77%.El info Police arrest 22 in EU raids linked to suspected theft of Italy's pandemic funds worth $650 million 04/04/2024 09:49am • BRUSSELS (AP) — Police in Italy, Austria, Romania and Slovakia arrested 22 people Thursday as part of an investigation into the suspected siphoning of hundreds millions of euros in post-pandemic relief funds from the European Union. The 600 million euros ($650 million) were part of Italy's post-pa Mexico's likely next president is a scientist. Politics has her mostly quiet on climate threats 04/04/2024 09:43am • MEXICO CITY (AP) — The López home kept filling with seawater as the Gulf of Mexico rose and winter storms got worse. Cristina López and her family decided to leave after one bad storm in November, knowing the ocean would eventually devour their home in the fishing town of El Bosque. “There wa Hepatitis C cases dropped in the US. Health officials aren't sure if it's a blip or a trend 04/03/2024 01:25pm • NEW YORK (AP) — New U.S. hepatitis C infections dropped slightly in 2022, a surprising improvement after more than a decade of steady increases, federal health officials said Wednesday. Experts are not sure whether the 6% decline is a statistical blip or the start of a downward trend. Seeing 2023 The largest fresh egg producer in the US has found bird flu in chickens at a Texas plant 04/02/2024 08:55pm • The largest producer of fresh eggs in the U.S. said Tuesday it had temporarily halted production at a Texas plant after bird flu was found in chickens, and officials said the virus had also been detected at a poultry facility in Michigan. Ridgeland, Mississippi-based Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. said in a Biden and Xi discuss Taiwan, AI and fentanyl in a push to return to regular leader talks 04/02/2024 02:19pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed Taiwan, artificial intelligence and security issues Tuesday in a call meant to demonstrate a return to regular leader-to-leader dialogue between the two powers. The call, described by the White House as “candid and Here's how to protect yourself from common scams this tax season 04/02/2024 05:29am • NEW YORK (AP) — Tax season can come with several headaches, from gathering documents to finding the time to sit down and file. But one pain that you want to avoid is falling for a tax scam. Year-round, scammers look for ways to trick people into giving them money or personal information. There Person is diagnosed with bird flu after being in contact with cows in Texas 04/01/2024 04:41pm • ATLANTA (AP) — A person in Texas has been diagnosed with bird flu, an infection tied to the recent discovery of the virus in dairy cows, health officials said Monday. The patient was being treated with an antiviral drug and their only reported symptom was eye redness, Texas health officials said. Reportan caso de persona con gripe aviar en Texas; el primero en el país en dos años 04/01/2024 02:03pm • ATLANTA — Una persona en Texas fue diagnosticada con gripe aviar, una infección relacionada con el reciente descubrimiento del virus en vacas lecheras, informaron las autoridades sanitarias de ese estado. Se trata del segundo caso de gripe aviar en humanos en Estados Unidos. El Departament In Taiwan, a group is battling fake news one conversation at a time — with a focus on seniors 04/01/2024 04:09am • TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Their days often began at the crack of dawn. They’d head out to a church, a temple, a park and set up a stall. They’d seek out seniors in particular, those who are perhaps the most vulnerable citizens of the information-saturated society that has enveloped them. To get pe La OPS advierte sobre la "peor temporada de dengue" que puede enfrentar América en 2024 03/28/2024 10:38pm • (CNN) -- El número de casos de dengue en el continente americano es tres veces mayor al registrado en el mismo periodo del año pasado, de acuerdo con funcionarios de la Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS).En lo que vamos de 2024, se registran al menos 3,5 millones de casos, y eso podría