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Gauteng records 17 malaria deaths as cases surge by nearly 39%

Published 2026-11-13 malaria surge cases

Gauteng health authorities have sounded the alarm after malaria cases surged by nearly 39%, with 17 deaths recorded in just nine months, prompting urgent warnin…

A funeral home copes with the surge during the coronavirus pandemic

Published 2020-05-06 copes surge coronavirus

During normal times, Joe Ruggiero Jr. might hold 25 funerals a month; this April there have been 71. Due to a surge in COVID-19 cases, his family’s funeral home…

A travel surge and a host of different scams.

Published 2022-09-08 surge scam scams

Greg Otto from Intel 471 joins Dave to discuss the findings of their work on "Cybercriminals preying on a travel surge with a host of different scams." Dave and…

COVID, Quickly, Episode 6: The Real Reason for India's Surge and Mask Liftoff

Published 2021-05-08 liftoff surge quickly

Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series: COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischm…

U.S. measles cases surge as vaccination rates drop

Published 2026-04-09 measles surge cases

In this episode of Science Quickly, we examine the surge in measles cases across the U.S., exploring how falling measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccination ra…

Malaria alert: 17 dead as Gauteng records surge in infections

Published 2026-11-13 malaria infections surge

Gauteng health authorities have sounded the alarm after malaria cases surged by nearly 39%, with 17 deaths recorded in just nine months, prompting urgent warnin…