Health & Medicine

These stories range from personal to public health, from medical research to the practices and business of health care

November 21, 2018

Western countries are pressing for a ceasefire and renewed peace efforts to end the disastrous conflict, which has unleashed the world’s most urgent humanitarian crisis with 8.4 million people believed to be on the verge of starvation.

Justice

Survivors of sexual violence in South Africa are finally finding their voices

The Conversation

November 20, 2018

By coming forward to testify in open court — despite death threats and attempts to silence her — Cheryl Zondi was not just another faceless victim of sexual violence.

Cuba could pull thousands of its doctors out of Brazil

PRI's The World

November 19, 2018

Thousands of Cuban doctors work in remote areas of Brazil, part of the More Doctors program. But after President-elect Jair Bolsonaro questioned their training, the doctors may leave.

Health & Medicine

Bayer faces billion-dollar losses related to legal claims of deadly Roundup herbicide

Living on Earth

November 19, 2018

Monsanto, makers of the widely used herbicide Roundup, faces claims of consumer deception, costing its new parent company, Bayer, more than $20 billion in lost market value.

Urban ranching: A socialist commune's response to Venezuela's crisis

Reuters

November 16, 2018

As food shortages rack Venezuela, a socialist commune supporting President Nicolas Maduro has turned a Caracas home into a cattle ranch. But neighbors worry about health risks of raising cows in the city.

Health & Medicine

A new study strongly suggests eating a diet of organic foods can lower cancer rates

Living on Earth

November 16, 2018

Breast cancer rates were 35 percent less in older women and lymphomas were 70 percent less among high consumers of organic food, a major study has found.

Immigration

Misael Paiz, 25, dies in the desert after a 2,000 mile trek from his small village in Guatemala

Reuters

November 15, 2018

Joselino Gomez Esteban and his nephew, Misael Paiz, from Guatemala left their small village in search of work and a better life. When they reached the scorching hot Sonoran Desert in Arizona, Paiz fell ill and his uncle called 911 for help. But Paiz died before Tucson Border Patrol agents could find them.

Conflict & Justice

Gaza's water crisis is 'a ticking time bomb'

Living on Earth

November 13, 2018

Humanitarian organizations fear the water crisis in Gaza is so acute, it may become uninhabitable by the year 2020.

Health

Two recent EPA decisions threaten children's health, experts say

Living on Earth

November 06, 2018

For years, the coal industry has lobbied to shut down the EPA's Office of Children's Health Protection and weaken emissions regulations for coal-fired power plants. They might have just scored a twofer.

Immigration

‘We were born refugees’ — Lebanon’s forgotten refugee camp

PRI's The World

November 01, 2018

Palestinian Christians have lived as refugees in Lebanon's Dbayeh camp for nearly 70 years under strict labor laws and with limited land rights. With an influx of Syrian refugees to the camp since 2012, living conditions have become dire.

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