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There’s an outbreak in the animal kingdom.

A 4-year-old boy in China has become the first human case of the H3N8 strain of bird flu, according to news reports. According to Live Science, the boy, who lives in Henan province, was exposed to chickens and crows at his home, which could have transmitted the virus

A 4-year-old boy in China has become the first human case of the H3N8 strain of bird flu, according to news reports.The boy, who lives in Henan province, was exposed to chickens and crows at his home, which could have transmitted the virus, according to news reports. The boy was infected with an avian version of the H3N8 virus, though strains of this virus can also infect horses  (known as equine influenza virus) and dogs (known as canine influenza virus. And now it has made the leap to...

For clan elders in Wajir County, a less educated male candidate is still preferable to an educated woman who is regarded as a “weak” leader who cannot deliver on expectations.

New beech leaves, Gribskov Forest in the northern part of Sealand, Denmark. Malene Thyssen, Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link. John Bellamy Foster is the editor of Monthly Review and a professor of sociology at the University of Oregon. Brett Clark is associate editor of Monthly Review and a professor of sociology at the University of Utah. Hannah Holleman is a director of the Monthly Review Foundation and an associate professor of sociology at Amherst College. “The old Greek philosophers,” Fr...