Health

March 20, 2019

Mozambique started three days of national mourning on Wednesday after a powerful cyclone and flooding killed hundreds of people and left a trail of destruction across swathes of southeast Africa.

Environment

Death toll in Mozambique cyclone, floods could surpass 1,000

Reuters

March 19, 2019

The number of people killed in a powerful storm and preceding floods in Mozambique could exceed 1,000 putting the potential death toll greatly more than current figures.

Science

Why history's most famous scientists are usually a bit weird

Innovation Hub

March 15, 2019

Obsessed with work, insensitive, socially detached, and neglectful of family and friends — these may not be the most endearing qualities in a person, but they are just a few of the common characteristics a researcher found when studying some of the world’s most famous and prolific inventors.

Why some parents are afraid to vaccinate their kids

PRI's The World

March 12, 2019

Eula Biss used to be a "vaccine hesitant," but after researching anti-vaccination in the US and other parts of the world for her book, she changed her mind.

Medicine

A micro safari through household germs reveals that cleanliness isn’t always a good thing

Innovation Hub

March 11, 2019

Take a look around — you might not be able to see them, but they are everywhere. We are surrounded by forests of bacteria and microbes. And it turns out, that might not be such a bad thing. But our obsession with cleanliness could be.

Trudeau apologizes for mistreatment of Inuit during tuberculosis epidemic

PRI's The World

March 07, 2019

On Thursday, the Canadian government apologized for the mistreatment of families like Anawak's in the mid-20th century.

Health & Medicine

London HIV patient becomes world's second AIDS cure hope

Reuters

March 05, 2019

An HIV-positive man in Britain has become the second known adult worldwide to be cleared of the AIDS virus after he received a bone marrow transplant from an HIV-resistant donor, his doctors said.

Abortions rise worldwide when US cuts funding to women’s health clinics, study finds

The Conversation

March 04, 2019

First implemented under Ronald Reagan in 1984, the global gag rule has been rescinded by every Democrat and reinstated by every Republican to occupy the Oval Office, reflecting the partisan nature of abortion.

Health & Medicine

Discussion: Why are more US mothers dying and what can be done?

PRI's The World

March 01, 2019

Maternal mortality has dropped around the world but deaths related to pregnancy and childbirth doubled in the United States between 2000 and 2014. In partnership with Harvard's T.H. Chan School of Public Health and WGBH News, we explored why more mothers dying and what can be done.

Lifestyle

How to step away from the screen

Innovation Hub

February 26, 2019

A computer science professor at Georgetown University says people should be more thoughtful about how they use technology. Cal Newport says users should delete random apps and rebuild their digital lives from scratch 'with real intention.'

Health

Mozambique starts three days of mourning after cyclone kills hundreds

Death toll in Mozambique cyclone, floods could surpass 1,000

Why history's most famous scientists are usually a bit weird

Why some parents are afraid to vaccinate their kids

A micro safari through household germs reveals that cleanliness isn’t always a good thing

Trudeau apologizes for mistreatment of Inuit during tuberculosis epidemic

London HIV patient becomes world's second AIDS cure hope

Abortions rise worldwide when US cuts funding to women’s health clinics, study finds

Discussion: Why are more US mothers dying and what can be done?

How to step away from the screen

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