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Topic: shark attacks

Great White Shark (Getty Images/Stephen Frink)

Californians frequently swim near sharks

Nicole Karlis
A painting for the US Army "Stars and Stripes" newspaper shows a downed US Army Air Force pilot fighting off sharks with a knife in 1944 somewhere in the Pacific Ocean (Illustration by Ed Vebell/Getty Images)

How WWII spawned our shark obsession

Janet M. Davis - The Conversation
Screen capture (ABC News)

Scott Eric Kaufman
Nowa Paye, 9, is taken to an ambulance after showing signs of the Ebola infection in the village of Freeman Reserve, Liberia, Sept. 30, 2014. (AP/Jerome Delay)

Ebola's epidemic of fear

Andrew O'Hehir
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This undated photo provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows a great white shark encountered off the coast of Massachusetts. A NOAA report released June 11, 2014 says great white abundance in the area has climbed since about 2000. The scientists report the shark’s growing numbers are due to conservation efforts and greater availability of prey. (AP Photo/NOAA, Greg Skomal) (AP)

Shark shield prevents attacks

Joanna Rothkopf
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