Health

September 16, 2019

While private companies have little incentive to treat and cure many diseases, nonprofits have the potential to save lives by providing valuable funding to help society's most vulnerable people.

Health & Medicine

A newly designed vaccine may help stamp out remaining polio cases worldwide

The Conversation

September 13, 2019

Despite the amount of lives saved by the Sabin polio vaccine, in rare cases, illnesses can still occur. New research is looking to make the vaccine even safer.

Discussion: The measles outbreak — why vaccines matter

PRI's The World

September 12, 2019

Why has there been a resurgence of measles around the world despite being preventable by vaccine? The US officially eliminated measles nearly 20 years ago. Yet, in 2019, more than 1,100 cases have been reported. In partnership with The Forum at Harvard's T.H. Chan School of Public Health, The World's Elana Gordon moderated a live discussion looking at the drivers of the 2019 outbreaks on Thursday, Sept. 12.

Colombian farmers combine agriculture, ecology to solve economic, health woes

GlobalPost

September 11, 2019

Carlos Osorio has an honorary degree in agroecology from the University of California, Berkeley, and uses his farm to train a new generation of local farmers — and bring city-slicker Colombians and foreign visitors to the farm to tell his story and reconnect them to the land.

Health & Medicine

These Chilean women joined thousands suing for discriminatory health insurance. Can reforms fix it?

PRI's The World

August 28, 2019

Chile's private health insurance company, Isapres, doesn't want to insure sick people, says María Pilar Iturrieta, a lawyer in Santiago, who was denied health insurance for her daughter born with a cleft lip.

Reproductive rights

China’s Gen X moms turn to IVF in desperate quest for a second baby

GlobalPost

August 21, 2019

For decades, China’s one-child policy limited women to one child. In 2016, China introduced the two-child policy and now, older mothers are racing against their biological clocks to have another baby — with high emotional stakes.

Health & Medicine

Hope for tuberculosis patients: FDA approves treatment for deadliest strain of drug-resistant TB

PRI's The World

August 15, 2019

Tuberculosis is the deadliest infectious disease in the world, killing about 1.6 million people in 2017. Drug-resistant strains make the disease even harder to contain.

Health & Medicine

Scientists say Ebola is no longer incurable

PRI's The World

August 13, 2019

Doctors from Democratic Republic of Congo want to prioritize two new treatments made from Ebola antibodies while dropping the use of other, less effective treatments.

Health & Medicine

Caravans to Canada: Americans desperate for affordable drugs spark concerns about shortages

PRI's The World

August 08, 2019

Patient caravans making trips across US border spark fear of shortages, while health advocates warn against mass drug importations from Canada.

Health & Medicine

How the Ebola crisis in DR Congo has changed in the last year

August 01, 2019

Over the last year, health officials in DR Congo, as well as the wider region, have battled to contain Ebola while also struggling with the social, economic and psychological impact of the virus. Here are some of the major moments and challenges faced along the way.

Health

There's a way for modern medicine to cure diseases even when the treatments aren't profitable

A newly designed vaccine may help stamp out remaining polio cases worldwide

Discussion: The measles outbreak — why vaccines matter

Colombian farmers combine agriculture, ecology to solve economic, health woes

These Chilean women joined thousands suing for discriminatory health insurance. Can reforms fix it?

China’s Gen X moms turn to IVF in desperate quest for a second baby

Hope for tuberculosis patients: FDA approves treatment for deadliest strain of drug-resistant TB

Scientists say Ebola is no longer incurable

Caravans to Canada: Americans desperate for affordable drugs spark concerns about shortages

How the Ebola crisis in DR Congo has changed in the last year

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