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In this picture publicly provided by the zoo Dvur Kralove and taken on Monday, March 20, 2017, in Dvur Kralove, a zoo keeper removes a horn of Pamir, a southern white rhino, as one of the safety measures to reduce the risk of any potential poaching attack. The zoo's decision follows the incident in the French Zoo Thoiry, where one of the white rhinos was killed by poachers for its horn in the beginning of March. (Simona Jirickova/Zoo Dvur Kralove via AP) (AP)

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Biodegradable and compostable plates and utensils. (Derek Davis/Portland Portland Press Herald via Getty Images)

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In this photo taken on Saturday, Nov. 1, 2014, a woman prisoner suspected of suffering from the Ebola virus, from Tubmanburg central prison, is pushed in a wheelchair towards a medical vehicle, to be taken to an Ebola treatment center in Monrovia, Liberia. The Ebola outbreak has spawned a “silent killer,” experts say: hidden cases of malaria, pneumonia, typhoid and the like that are going untreated because people in the countries hardest hit by Ebola either cannot find an open clinic or are too afraid to go to one. (AP Photo/ Abbas Dulleh) (AP)

Around the world, a new disease stalls efforts to fight old ones

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Golf, pesticides and a father’s death

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Efforts mounting to bar gun possession by those convicted of animal cruelty

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Wireless industry using First Amendment as a cudgel in its battle against safety warnings

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The toxic chemical whack-a-mole game

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