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Journalist in NYC covering biomedicine, science, and policy; alum @mit email: pratikmpawar@gmail.com, signal: pratik.11

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The World Is Not Prepared for Another Cholera Wave

The World Is Not Prepared for Another Cholera Wave

Sanitation and vaccination can prevent cholera. But recent outbreaks highlight obstacles to stopping the dise…

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We Got COVID Shots in One Year. Why Did a Malaria Vaccine Take 35?

We Got COVID Shots in One Year. Why Did a Malaria Vaccine Take 35?

The long, maddening wait reveals much about the world’s vaccine priorities.

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Drug-Resistant Malaria Is Emerging in Africa. Is the World Ready?

Drug-Resistant Malaria Is Emerging in Africa. Is the World Ready?

Resistance to the drug artemisinin was confirmed in Africa. Without better surveillance, it is hard to track …

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The breakthrough changing how Americans donate organs Original

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By Pratik Pawar Verified
| Future Perfect Verified
This story was originally published in The Highlight. To get access to member-exclusive stories like this every month, become a Vox Member today. Emily Hoffman was walking home from lunch in the Pittsburgh neighborhood of Squirrel Hill in February 2023, when a driver turning left struck her on the crosswalk. Hoffman was 34. By the time paramedics arrived on the scene, she had gone into a traumatic cardiac arrest.
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A flesh-eating parasite has arrived in the US. Can we stop it?

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By Pratik Pawar Verified
| Yahoo Verified
A flesh-eating parasite that the United States spent decades eradicating, and even longer trying to keep at bay, has now shown up in Texas. Federal officials confirmed this week that New World screwworm, a fly whose larvae burrow into living tissue, had been found in a 3-week-old calf in Zavala County in Southwest Texas. It is the state's first confirmed detection since the early 1980s, and the first in US livestock in several decades.
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This animal kills 100,000 people a year. Why can’t we stop it? Original

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By Pratik Pawar Verified
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There are few animals humans fear more than sharks. This is understandable: Sharks are big, dramatic creatures that have been permanently lodged in our culture as underwater killers since Jaws. They also kill about six people in a given year. Snakes, on the other hand, kill roughly 100,000. After mosquitoes, which spread diseases like malaria, and humans, who just murder each other, snakes are the deadliest animals on Earth.
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