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The number of 'bone-breaking' fever cases in the US has soared in recent years, official data suggests.Figures compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found there were more than 1,400 dengue fever cases in 2019, up nearly…

What’s the difference between Russia’s internet before and after the invasion of Ukraine? The answer: a thirtyfold increase in censorship.That was the finding of a report published on Wednesday by Citizen Lab, a group from the University of…

LAS VEGAS — Adin Hill was about 14 years old when his goaltending coach in Calgary, Justin Cardinal, remembers getting a phone call from Adin’s dad, Kyle. Adin had struggled badly in his minor-hockey game that day, and the teenager wondered…

Google searchers related to sexual orientation and gender identity have shot up 1,300 percent since 2004, a new analysis has suggested.Research from the Cultural Currents Institute published data from Google searches from 2004 to May 2023,…

Ralph Boston, the Olympic long jump champion who, in August 1960, broke the track star Jesse Owens’s 25-year-old world record in the event, and a year later became the first jumper to break the 27-foot mark, died on Sunday at his home in…

Canada’s race to procure ventilators for COVID-19 patients in the early days of the pandemic had researchers, scientists, industry and a notable astrophysicist working “night and day” to design machines that could be quickly…

David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesInflation popped in 2022 to a level unseen in four decades.But prices ballooned more rapidly for certain items than others, largely concentrated among food, fuel and airfare.Some of those swings…

Jack Ma's rags-to-riches backstory has come to embody a self-confident generation of Chinese entrepreneurs ready to shake up the world. Jack…

Child marijuana use has soared 250 percent in just two decades, according to an analysis of poison center data.While weed is not legal for children, researchers warn the recent wave of legalization among adults has made it increasingly easy…

Some of the UK's most popular branded foods have soared in price over the last two years - with a range of items now costing double, according to new research.An investigation by Which? looked at 79 branded items, comparing…