The 'Girl Boss' Of USAID Has $22 Billion To Spend And A Tight Deadline
At the top of her list? Pass a bill to help end global hunger, plan for future infectious disease outbreaks and catch up on her aid acronyms.
Health & Safety
Buying Costly Drugs On The Installment Plan: Could It Work?
Two academics suggest that loans financed by the private sector could be one way to help patients cover the cost of expensive, curative pharmaceuticals. Think mortgages.
Software Flags 'Suicidal' Students, Presenting Privacy Dilemma
School administrators increasingly have the power to track students' Web browsing on school-issued laptops, even when the students are at home. The implications are complicated.
Dying Tradition: The Men Who Catch Baby Elephants
He has one elephant. He has named her "Shy Woman." And she is not just an elephant he lassoed and captured. She is his companion and confidant.
A Crisis With Scant Data: States Move To Count Drug-Dependent Babies
Getting good information is critical to figuring out where resources need to go to treat newborns dependent on opioids. Pennsylvania relies on old and incomplete statistics, but that may be changing.
Pregnant And Addicted: The Tough Road To Family Health
Guilt still haunts a new mother who was addicted to opioids when she got pregnant. Once she was ready to ask for help, treatment programs that could handle her complicated pregnancy were hard to find.
Multiple Reasons Attributed To Lower Ear Infection Rates In Babies
A new study from the University of Texas has some good news for infants and their parents: ear infections in babies are on the decline.
Legalize All Drugs? The 'Risks Are Tremendous' Without Defining The Problem
In his Harper's piece, Dan Baum digs into the country's war on drugs. He says we have a long history of instating drug laws to demonize certain minority groups, but "Nixon brought it to a high art."
It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Senegalese Swing
As a teenager in Senegal, Amadou Koly Niang fell in love with jazz. Over 40 years later, he's started a jazz festival to bring the music to his countrymen — with a Senegalese twist, of course.
Ebola: We May Have Won The Battle But We Haven't Won The War
A health worker who spent a year in West Africa during the epidemic shares lessons from the field. Good things did happen. But a lot went wrong.