Brazilian members of the United Nations Stabilization Mission In Haiti stand by a shelter in Les Cayes ahead of a visit by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on October 15, 2016. Hector Retamal/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Infectious Disease : Goats and Soda Infectious Disease
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STORIES OF LIFE IN A CHANGING WORLDInfectious Disease
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The black-legged tick, ixodes scapularis, can spread Lyme disease. Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images hide caption
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Dr. Thumbi Mwangi, an infectious disease epidemiologist from Kenya, at Howard Theatre in Washington, DC, on Nov. 29, 2016. In the U.S., Mwangi worked on a vaccine for cows that aimed to combat the same disease he saw the bovine battle in Kenya as a kid. Akash Ghai/for NPR hide caption
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Kadija Shellu is now 7. She had not only Ebola, but malaria as well. Ashoka Mukpo for NPR hide caption
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Fishermen in Papua New Guinea, living on their boats, wait for the tide to change before going out to fish. Tuberculosis is a major health threat in the Pacific Ocean nation. Jason South/The AGE/Fairfax Media via Getty Images hide caption
A shop owner holds a live chicken for sale in a Hong Kong market. Isaac Lawrence/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Why Chinese Scientists Are More Worried Than Ever About Bird Flu
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A family member holds twins Eloisa (left) and Eloa, both 8 months old and born with microcephaly, during a Christmas gathering. The mother of the twins, Raquel, who lives in Brazil, said she contracted Zika during her pregnancy. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption
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They had the right idea: During the worldwide flu epidemic that began in 1918, women in this U.S. office wore cloth masks. Bettmann/Bettmann Archive hide caption
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Tucker Lane and his mother, Lynn Cash, sit in the wooded backyard of his home in West Barnstable, Mass. Kayana Szymczak for NPR hide caption
Beyond Lyme: New Tick-Borne Diseases On The Rise In U.S.
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Pig farm workers push live pigs into a large grave in Nipah in 1999. To stop the outbreak, the Malaysian government culled almost 1 million pigs, nearly destroying the country's pork industry. Andy Wong/AP hide caption
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Each year thousands of people from around the world tour the Gomantong Cave in Borneo. Although scientists have found a potentially dangerous virus in bats that roost in the cave, no one has ever gotten sick from a trip here. Razis Nasri hide caption