Health

September 19, 2018

To say that the island of 3.3 million has not yet recovered — from the damage or the trauma — is an understatement. One year after Maria, nearly every pillar of Puerto Rican society remains devastated.

With government sidelined, citizen scientists test water quality in Puerto Rico

Living on Earth

September 16, 2018

After the catastrophic Hurricane Maria made landfall on Puerto Rico in 2017, finding safe drinking water became one of the most difficult issues facing residents of the island. A team of volunteers stepped in to help.

Untold Afghanistan

Changing your face to disguise your ethnicity? Maybe, for these Afghan women.

PRI's The World

September 13, 2018

Wars leave behind scars. Emotional ones. Physical ones. And for years, in Afghanistan, the physical ones were the ones surgeons fixed. But in the past couple of years, there’s been a boom in cosmetic surgery.

The future of wellbeing: A conversation with Deepak Chopra

PRI's The World

September 12, 2018

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09/12/2018 - 10:00am

Globally, people are living longer. What are the most compelling ways to ensure a sustainably healthy life? In this live-streamed event, author and speaker Deepak Chopra, will discuss the important connections between mind, immunity, genes and body.

Commentary

People with disabilities bear the brunt of turf wars between conventional and online taxis

The Conversation

September 10, 2018

In an attempt to secure their market, conventional taxis enforce “red zones” — areas where online taxi drivers are barred from picking up passengers. This makes it difficult of people with disabilities to access transportation options

Untold Afghanistan

She saved a pregnant woman’s life. Now, she works to make childbirth safer for all Afghan women.

PRI's The World

September 10, 2018

The Taliban forbids women to leave the house unless they are accompanied by a male relative. Feroza Mushtari, who was a teenager at the time of the Taliban takeover, defied that rule to save a pregnant woman's life.

Science

Why plant-based mosquito repellents are so hard to design

The Conversation

September 09, 2018

As humanity experiences relentless pressures from disease-carrying mosquitoes in many parts of the world, there is an urgent need for new tools to use against those beasts — because they keep getting scarier.

Environment

Researchers explore a pesticide link to asthma in farmworkers' children

PRI's The World

September 07, 2018

When Azul was five, doctors finally figured out the little girl had asthma. That’s become a big problem among children of farm workers, says Dr. Catherine Karr of the University of Washington.

Japan begins clean-up after typhoon kills 11 along with a major airport closed

Reuters

September 05, 2018

Japan began on Wednesday to clean up after a powerful typhoon killed 11 people, injured hundreds and stranded thousands at a flooded airport, though when the airport in an industrial and tourist hub might reopen was not clear.

With Venezuela in crisis, mothers cross border to give birth

Reuters

August 22, 2018

"My baby would have died if I had stayed. There was no food or medicine, no doctors."