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America's First Pandemic and the Birth of Epidemiology

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The terror that is gripping Americans due to the coronavirus would be familiar to America’s founding generation. As Noah Webster, then the editor of New York City’s first daily newspaper, wrote to a friend in the fall of 1793, “The melancholy accounts received from you and others of the progress of a fatal disease…excite commiseration in every breast. An alarm is spread over the country.” The disease was the yellow fever, a virus that attacked the liver and kidneys. Read More...

Bukusu Marriage: Naming of New Born Babies, Code of Conduct and Bizarre Beliefs

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Bukusu is a sub-tribe of the Luhya community, one of the largest tribes in East and Central AfricaThe community dominant in Trans Nzoia and Bungoma counties boasts of unique indigenous cultural practices that will leave you fascinatedIntermarriages have several elements that play the role of enhancing and fostering national cohesionPAY ATTENTION: Help us change more lives, join TUKO.co.ke’s Patreon programme Embarking in a relationship with someone from another culture can be complex and challenging. Read More...

Dennis Quaid Is Engaged to a 26-Year-Old...Just Like in 'The Parent Trap'

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Dennis Quaid Is Marrying a 26-Year-Old and the 'Parent Trap' Jokes Keep ComingBy Robin ZlotnickOct. 22 2019, Updated 1:20 p.m. ET Source: Twitter/Getty ImagesLife imitates art, I suppose. Actor Dennis Quaid, most well-known (by millennials anyway) as Lindsay Lohan's father in the perfect 1998 The Parent Trap remake, confirmed that he recently proposed to his 26-year-old girlfriend, University of Texas Ph.D. student Laura Savoie, in Hawaii.  This will be Dennis Quaid's fourth marriage. Read More...