Dengue is a viral fever spread through mosquito bites. It’s common in many tropical regions across the globe, but has recently appeared in more temperate climates.
Health officials are reminding the public to thoroughly cook game meat, using a meat thermometer to be sure of doneness, before eating it.
A European-Japanese climate research satellite designed to study Earth's temperature balance was launched into orbit from California on Tuesday. The EarthCARE satellite lifted off from coastal Vandenberg Space Force Base atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 3:20 p.m. The satellite was successfully deployed about 10 minutes later, SpaceX said on the launch webcast. The name EarthCARE is short for Earth Cloud Aerosol and Radiation Explorer.