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America has a shoplifting epidemic. The thieves aren't who you think.
Suburban shoppers like the "Parmesan Bandit" are pilfering everything from tape measures to blocks …
Emily Stewart
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Dengue fine? Here's what you must do to avoid government penalty as Karnataka declares dengue an epidemic
Karnataka has declared dengue a state-wide epidemic, enforcing stringent regulations to eliminate m…
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How did over 800 students test HIV positive in Tripura?
Tripura is presently facing a surging HIV epidemic ripping through its student population. Fueled b…
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An epidemic of sexual abuse in schools
Shoddy investigations, quiet resignations, and a culture of secrecy have protected predators, not s…
Matt Drange
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Columbus' voyages sparked epidemics that killed so many people, it may have crashed carbon dioxide levels worldwide
Columbus' expedition to North and South America brought not only conquest and exploitation to the r…
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Modern Loneliness: A series exploring the loneliness epidemic
Business Insider's series "Modern Loneliness" explores the causes and effects of loneliness, as wel…
Business Insider
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Future zoonotic disease pandemics set to turn deadlier, kill 12 times as many people by 2050 due to climate change
The team found that from 1963 to 2019, 3,150 outbreaks had claimed a staggering 17,232 lives in 24 …
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As the US faces a loneliness epidemic, people who experienced social life abroad say they can see why
People are sharing stories about the vibrant social life in other countries in comparison to the US…
Charissa Cheong
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There's an epidemic of loneliness in young people, and they're calling out for connections on TikTok
People in their 20s and 30s are increasingly sharing their loneliness on TikTok, showing a day in t…
Lindsay Dodgson
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1 chart shows why you should care about the silent epidemic of deaths from street drug 'tranq'
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention recently reported a 276% increase in overdose deaths …
Kate Hull
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A doctor in Japan killed himself after working 200 hours overtime in a month, family says, highlighting the country's overwork epidemic
A 26-year-old resident doctor in Japan died by suicide after developing depression from being overw…
Joshua Zitser
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Inside the world of California's fire-reducing goats, a quirky but popular weapon against California's wildfire epidemic
A herd of goats stand in their pen before grazing on drought-stressed land as part of city wildfire…
James Pasley
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Doug Emhoff says there's an 'epidemic of hate' in the US at White House antisemitism roundtable
Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff hosted a roundtable at the White House with Jewish leaders Wednesday f…
Kayla Gallagher
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SoulCycle founders gear up to launch Peoplehood, which they describe as 'modern medicine for the loneliness epidemic'
The company, slated to open to paying subscribers this month, provides 60-minute "gather" sessions …
Bethany Biron
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New York City files lawsuit blaming Hyundai, Kia for 'spiraling epidemic' of car thefts after 'Kia boys' viral TikTok thefts cause spike in stolen cars
A range of the vehicles made from 2011 to 2021 are especially vulnerable to theft as they don't hav…
Aaron McDade
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Bill Gates says there's 'way above' a 5% risk we haven't seen the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic
The Microsoft cofounder told the FT the pandemic could yet generate a coronavirus variant "even mor…
Sam Tabahriti
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Cyberthieves stole $186,000 from a Republican member of Congress as fraud epidemic plagues political committees
Harshbarger, a freshman Republican congresswoman from Tennessee, recouped the money stolen from her…
Dave Levinthal
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Magic Johnson contemplated suicide after his HIV diagnosis when doctors thought he only had 2-3 years to live
Magic reveals how close to death he was when first diagnosed with HIV.
Cork Gaines
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Bill Gates says he warned us about the pandemic in his 2015 TED talk — but '90% of the views were after it was too late'
Gates' 2015 TED talk, in which he said the world was "not ready for the next epidemic," has more th…
Allana Akhtar
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Auli'i Cravalho made a powerful red carpet statement to bring attention to the epidemic of missing and murdered Indigenous women: 'I felt a responsibility.'
The "Moana" actress posed with a symbolic red handprint on her face. Indigenous women are 10 times …