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Alaska ( , ə-LASS-kə) is a U.S. state located in the northwestern regions of North America. Part of the Western United States region, it is one of the two non-contiguous U.S. states, alongside Hawaii. Alaska is considered to be the northernmost, westernmost, and, longitudinally, the easternmost state in the United States. It is a semi-exclave of the U.S., bordering the Canadian territory of Yukon and the province of British Columbia to the east. It shares a western maritime border in the Bering Strait with Russia's Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, and is closer to another continent (Asia) than any other U.S. state. The Chukchi and Beaufort Seas of the Arctic Ocean lie to the north, and the Pacifi…

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Intensive Kinship, Development, and Demography: Why Pakistan has the Highest Rates of Cousin Marriage in the World. Abstract Pakistan has the highest rates of consanguinity in the world, with nearly two‐thirds marrying cousins. To understand this pattern, we adopt the theoretical framework of intensive and extensive kinship that allows us to predict correlates of consanguineous marriages and logically connect patterns in Pakistan with those in other regions. Using data from the Punjab Consanguinity Survey, we examine indicators of economic development, fertility, cultural norms, and marriage payments as potential correlates of cousin marriage. Consistent with the intensive kinship framework…

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Disparities in Global Rabies Burden from GBD 2021: Children, older adults, and low-SDI countries at continued risk.. Background Rabies is a fatal yet preventable viral infection of the central nervous system zoonotic disease, with an almost 100% case fatality rate once symptoms appear. Despite the availability of effective vaccines and post-exposure prophylaxis, rabies continues to cause substantial mortality, particularly in parts of Asia and across the African continent where access to post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP), timely diagnosis, and dog vaccination programs remain limited. Objectives Rabies is a nearly invariably fatal zoonotic encephalitis caused by lyssaviruses, with an estimated…

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Animal-Related Fatalities in the United States (2018-2023).. Animal encounters are often positive but can result in serious injury, illness, or death, posing a global public health concern. Over 60% of human infectious diseases are zoonotic, contributing to millions of illnesses and deaths annually. Non-infectious injuries, including bites and stings, are also common, with snakebites alone causing over 100 000 deaths each year. The primary goal of this study was to describe fatal, animal-related encounters and assess trends from 2018 to 2023 in the United States. This was a secondary data analysis, using aggregate, population-level data obtained from the Centers for Disease Control and Prev…

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Incidence, Prevalence, and Risk Factors of Dog Bites in Pediatric Populations: Protocol for a Systematic Review.. Background Dog bites represent a significant global public health concern, particularly among children and adolescents. Approximately 330,000 emergency department visits occur annually in the United States alone due to dog-bite injuries, with pediatric populations bearing a disproportionate burden. Despite this, existing systematic reviews remain fragmented, focusing on isolated aspects such as breed-specific risk, educational interventions, or legislative measures, without comprehensively addressing the global incidence, prevalence, and multifactorial risk profile in pediatric…

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India has the highest number of attacks by stray dogs in the world. India has 36% of all rabies deaths in the world. There have been incidents where small babies are mauled to death by stray dogs in India. India also has the largest number of stray dogs in the world, along with the highest cases of rabies deaths. Many rabies deaths are unreported. In compliance with Animal Birth Control rules, 2001, stray dogs may not be purposefully killed as it is unconstitutional. They have to be vaccinated and sterilized. Municipalities lack the money to sterilize stray dogs due to misuse and mismanagement of the granted funds for this purpose. Many Indians believe that stray dog attacks are common in t…

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Genetic diversity of Ancylostoma ceylanicum and first molecular detection of Ancylostoma braziliense in stray dogs from Sarawak, Malaysia.. Hookworms are blood-sucking intestinal parasites that can cause anaemia and protein loss in humans. Ancylostoma ceylanicum, a zoonotic hookworm species of dogs, is the second most common cause of human hookworm infections. With the increasing anthelmintic resistance risks and the uncontrolled stray dog population in Sarawak Borneo, East Malaysia, understanding the genetic structure of A. ceylanicum is crucial for tracking mutation patterns and assessing zoonotic transmission risks. This study determined the prevalence and genetic diversity of dog hookwo…

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Africa has the highest rate of forest loss in the world – what the G20 can do about it

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Wales has highest number of prescriptions per head of population among UK countries

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Figure 1.17. Indonesia has among the highest numbers of threatened species in the world

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Clinical and molecular characterization of an outbreak of leptospirosis in dogs from Los Angeles County, California, USA, 2021.. In 2021, the Los Angeles County (LAC) Department of Public Health suspected a leptospirosis outbreak in LAC affecting over 200 client-owned dogs. We aimed to characterize the outbreak and describe microbiologic findings, risk factors, diagnostic test performance, and outcomes in dogs diagnosed with leptospirosis at two specialty practices. Leptospira culture isolates from four cases were subjected to serotyping and whole-genome sequencing (WGS); WGS was also performed on one enriched genome isolate. After the outbreak, data were gathered on 59 cases and compared t…

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Nature Against Us: The United States and the World Population Crisis, 1965-1980