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		<title>Ticks bite humans for warming the planet</title>
		<link>https://www.greenprophet.com/2020/11/ticks-bite-global-warming/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Karin Kloosterman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2020 09:34:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://www.greenprophet.com/2020/11/ticks-bite-global-warming/" title="Ticks bite humans for warming the planet" rel="nofollow"><img width="350" height="197" src="https://www.greenprophet.com/wp-content/uploads/Adult-female-blacklegged-tick-questing-350x197.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="adult deer tick" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 10px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://www.greenprophet.com/wp-content/uploads/Adult-female-blacklegged-tick-questing-350x197.jpg 350w, https://www.greenprophet.com/wp-content/uploads/Adult-female-blacklegged-tick-questing-660x371.jpg 660w, https://www.greenprophet.com/wp-content/uploads/Adult-female-blacklegged-tick-questing-768x432.jpg 768w, https://www.greenprophet.com/wp-content/uploads/Adult-female-blacklegged-tick-questing-747x420.jpg 747w, https://www.greenprophet.com/wp-content/uploads/Adult-female-blacklegged-tick-questing-150x84.jpg 150w, https://www.greenprophet.com/wp-content/uploads/Adult-female-blacklegged-tick-questing-300x169.jpg 300w, https://www.greenprophet.com/wp-content/uploads/Adult-female-blacklegged-tick-questing-696x392.jpg 696w, https://www.greenprophet.com/wp-content/uploads/Adult-female-blacklegged-tick-questing-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://www.greenprophet.com/wp-content/uploads/Adult-female-blacklegged-tick-questing.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px" /></a><p>A small rise in temperatures and ticks prefer human legs over our dogs.</p>
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		<title>Polio in Syria, Israel and Egypt Puts Middle East on Edge</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Maurice Picow]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Nov 2013 09:40:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://www.greenprophet.com/2013/11/polio-middle-east/" title="Polio in Syria, Israel and Egypt Puts Middle East on Edge" rel="nofollow"><img width="350" height="202" src="https://www.greenprophet.com/wp-content/uploads/204265791-polio-vaccine-given-to-child1-350x202.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 10px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.greenprophet.com/wp-content/uploads/204265791-polio-vaccine-given-to-child1-350x202.jpg 350w, https://www.greenprophet.com/wp-content/uploads/204265791-polio-vaccine-given-to-child1-150x87.jpg 150w, https://www.greenprophet.com/wp-content/uploads/204265791-polio-vaccine-given-to-child1-300x173.jpg 300w, https://www.greenprophet.com/wp-content/uploads/204265791-polio-vaccine-given-to-child1-370x213.jpg 370w, https://www.greenprophet.com/wp-content/uploads/204265791-polio-vaccine-given-to-child1.jpg 562w" sizes="(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px" /></a><p>Polio,or Poliomyelitis has not been a serious medical issue ever since the first wide scale vaccines were developed by Dr. Jonas Salk in the early 1950s.  Within the past few years, however, the often debilitating virus has began to return to epidemic proportions in many parts of the world. This includes the Middle East. The [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>What You Should Know About Polio</title>
		<link>https://www.greenprophet.com/2011/11/polio-israel-gaza-egypt/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Karin Kloosterman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 07:13:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gaza]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://www.greenprophet.com/2011/11/polio-israel-gaza-egypt/" title="What You Should Know About Polio" rel="nofollow"><img width="350" height="257" src="https://www.greenprophet.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/polio-vaccine-poster-350x257.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 10px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.greenprophet.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/polio-vaccine-poster-350x257.jpg 350w, https://www.greenprophet.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/polio-vaccine-poster-660x485.jpg 660w, https://www.greenprophet.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/polio-vaccine-poster-571x420.jpg 571w, https://www.greenprophet.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/polio-vaccine-poster-80x60.jpg 80w, https://www.greenprophet.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/polio-vaccine-poster-150x110.jpg 150w, https://www.greenprophet.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/polio-vaccine-poster-300x220.jpg 300w, https://www.greenprophet.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/polio-vaccine-poster-696x512.jpg 696w, https://www.greenprophet.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/polio-vaccine-poster-560x411.jpg 560w, https://www.greenprophet.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/polio-vaccine-poster.jpg 747w" sizes="(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px" /></a><p>Polio, a crippling virus which lingers in polluted water sources is not a dead virus, says an Israeli researcher. It is in Israel, Gaza and Egypt. But some current vaccines may be deadly. I know women in Israel who were unsure about vaccinating their kids against polio. The nurse practitioners there said that polio is [&#8230;]</p>
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