Health
PRI's The World
September 04, 2014
When there's a devastating earthquake almost anywhere around the globe, health care workers and humanitarian groups rush in. But in the case of Ebola in West Africa, only three countries — China, Cuba, and Uganda — have sent in medical teams. And the disease is outstripping the resources.
Health & Medicine
Infographic: Tobacco's Shifting Burden
PRI's The World
December 02, 2012
More and more people in developing countries are taking up smoking, while people in developed nations are quitting. This means tobacco-related deaths are shifting to low- and middle-income countries.
Health
Why isn't the rest of the world helping fight the Ebola outbreak?
PRI's The World
September 04, 2014
When there's a devastating earthquake almost anywhere around the globe, health care workers and humanitarian groups rush in. But in the case of Ebola in West Africa, only three countries — China, Cuba, and Uganda — have sent in medical teams. And the disease is outstripping the resources.
Health
Nigeria's government stunned critics in acting quickly to make the country 'Ebola free'
The Takeaway
October 22, 2014
After the kidnapping of hundreds of schoolgirls in Nigeria, the rise of Ebola seemed to be another threat too big for the country's government. But the WHO now says Nigeria has defeated Ebola thanks to the government's rapid response, which gives some Nigerians renewed hope.
Health
Zika’s million-dollar question: Where are the birth defects?
GlobalPost
November 01, 2016
These three graphics offer a glimpse at why researchers are so confounded by Zika’s uneven impact across the Americas.
Health
A new Ebola vaccine may be 'up to 100 percent effective'
Agence France-Presse
December 24, 2016
"After 40 years, we appear to now have an effective vaccine for Ebola virus disease to build upon," Thomas Geisbert, a scientist at Galveston National Laboratory in Texas, wrote in The Lancet.
Health
Reactions after US tries to weaken UN breastfeeding measure: Breastfeeding is already 'pretty damned hard'
PRI's The World
July 10, 2018
A resolution endorsing breastfeeding became the latest political lightning rod when the Trump administration threatened some countries with a withdrawal of aid if they didn't support a more watered-down version that caves to the infant formula industry.