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Nafin Abu Al-Jidyan, 37, tries to give her baby boy some water from a sippy cup as he shakes his head from side to side in protest. His left leg lies perfectly still while the rest of his body writhes in a car seat. The stiffness is a symptom of polio, the highly contagious disease slowly taking over the 11-month-old’s …

More than 45,000 species are now threatened with extinction, 1,000 more than last year, according to an international conservation organization. The organization blames pressures from climate change, invasive species and human activities such as illegal trade and infrastructure expansion. The International Union for Conservation of Nature released its latest Red List of Threatened Species on Thursday. The list, now in …