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Good News Magazine: May - June 1998

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Could it happen again?

  • by Scott Ashley
The influenza epidemic that traversed the globe from September 1918 through March 1919 left more than 20 million dead--could another epidemic of this magnitude strike again?

Deadly Diseases: Again a Threat to Humanity?

  • by Jerold Aust
Through the centuries, man's greatest threat often has not been natural disasters or warfare, but the microscopic creatures with which we share the earth. When epidemics break out, man has often been able to do little other than let the epidemics run their deadly course. Has the threat disappeared, or is it lurking in the background, waiting to strike again?

Are New Plagues Emerging?

  • by Jerold Aust
We can add Pfiesteria to the list of other newly discovered killers that have made headlines in recent years-AIDS, Ebola, Lassa fever and hantavirus, among others.

Drug-Resistant Bubonic Plague

  • by Jerold Aust
A case of bubonic plague was recently discovered in Madagascar, an island in the Indian Ocean off the southeast coast of Africa.

Malaria Poses a New Threat

  • by Becky Sweat
Malaria, a disease that comes to humans through tropical mosquitoes, is posing a new threat. During the past five to 10 years, the disease has reappeared in regions where health authorities once thought it was under control, and it is emerging for the first time in countries that previously had no problem with the disease.
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The World's Most Deadly Disease

  • by Becky Sweat
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), almost two billion people-one third of the world's population-are infected with tuberculosis (TB) bacteria.

Instant Epidemics: The New Breed of Weapons

  • by Scott Ashley
Chemical and biological weapons have recently made headlines. Although the weapons themselves are not new, the magnitude of the threat certainly is. Does Bible prophecy tell us anything about the likelihood of these weapons being used?

Futuristic Weapons and the Bible

  • by Jerold Aust
One particular prophecy in the Bible comes pretty close to describing the type of non-lethal weapons governments are developing now.

Israel at 50: A Saga of War and Peace

  • by John Meakin
Much of Israel's 50-year history is a chronicle of wars and other conflicts with her Arab neighbors. What does the future hold for this nation?

Just for Youth: Make the Most of Summer Break

  • by Scott Ashley
What will you do during your time off from school? Will you look back on it later and wonder where all the time went? Here’s how to make sure that doesn’t happen.

World News and Trends: One in three British men are criminals by age 40

  • by John Ross Schroeder, Scott Ashley
Buried in the British Crime Survey published recently by the British Home Office was this startling conclusion: "By the time they reach the age of 40, fully 40 percent of men in Britain have a criminal record for a non-motoring offence-a fact little known among the general public."

World News and Trends: Turning the corner on cancer?

  • by John Ross Schroeder, Scott Ashley
New cancer cases in the United States are declining for the first time in decades, according to a joint report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Cancer Institute and the American Cancer Society. Officials reported that deaths from cancer are also decreasing.

World News and Trends: "Safe sex" fading in Britain

  • by John Ross Schroeder, Scott Ashley
New research and statistics indicate that Britain's young people are increasingly ignoring warnings about the dangers of AIDS and other sexually transmissible diseases and are reverting to promiscuous sexual behavior-with predictable results.

World News and Trends- Information war: The next threat?

  • by John Ross Schroeder, Scott Ashley
As the United States recently prepared for a showdown with Iraq, Pentagon planners increasingly worried about American vulnerability to a new kind of warfare-sabotage of U.S computer systems.

World News and Trends: New states of anarchy

  • by John Ross Schroeder, Scott Ashley
When authority collapses, chaos ensues, says world-affairs analyst and author Georgie Anne Geyer, and the trend is increasing around the world.