Health & Safety

Chef David Iott explains the perfect way to prepare risotto to Stanford students.

Cooking 101: Stanford Adds Healthful Eating Skills To The Curriculum

4:13pm February 06, 2015

by Maanvi Singh

With help from celebrity chef Jamie Oliver, Stanford University is launching a cooking program to teach students the basics of choosing groceries, cooking and eating healthfully.

Katie Clapp shares a laugh with her son Andy Tranfaglia, 25, at their home in West Newbury, Mass. Andy has a rare genetic condition called fragile X syndrome.

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A Family's Long Search For Fragile X Drug Finds Frustration, Hope

3:36pm February 06, 2015

by Jon Hamilton

There is no effective treatment for the rare genetic disorder fragile X syndrome, so two parents created a foundation to fund research. But they found there's no easy road to a cure.

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Sister Fa campaigns against female genital mutilation. "You have got my support," her father told her.

A Rap Star And A Therapist Fight Female Genital Mutilation

3:25pm February 06, 2015

by Hannah Bloch

They each were cut when they were young. As outspoken opponents of the practice, they're accused of going against their religion. (They're not.) And of being brainwashed by white women. (Also untrue.)

A December celebration launching a partnership between members of the Garifuna community and a doctor in New York. The collaboration is aimed at reducing the HIV infection rate among the Garifuna.

An Unlikely Alliance Fights HIV In The Bronx's Afro-Honduran Diaspora

3:15pm February 06, 2015

by Alexandra Starr

Thousands of Garifuna people — Hondurans of African descent — live in New York City. A doctor there is reaching out to Garifuna faith healers to test and treat members of that community who have HIV.

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They're not just surfing for fun. Youngsters in Cape Town's Waves for Change are facing mental health problems. With the help of a surfing mentor and a counselor, they can learn how to cope.

If Everybody Had An Ocean, Could We Surf Our Way To Mental Health?

3:00pm February 06, 2015

by Anders Kelto

The teenager's dad was beating his mom. So the kid fell into a funk. His grades plummeted, he joined a gang, he got into fights. Then he discovered surfing therapy.

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This World Health Organization map shows the percent of the population vaccinated for measles in each country in 2013. Dark green is at least 90 percent. Light green is 80 to 89 percent. Orange is 50 to 79 percent. Red is less than 50 percent.

Measles Vaccination Rates: Tanzania Does Better Than U.S.

2:51pm February 06, 2015

by Jason Beaubien

A map from the World Health Organization reveals something interesting: Many poor countries have higher vaccination rates than rich ones.

Can you find Australia and Canada? The cartogram scales each country's geographic area by its population. (Click through to see a high-resolution map.)

India Grows, Canada Disappears: Mapping Countries By Population

12:55pm February 06, 2015

by Michaeleen Doucleff

A cartogram posted on Reddit shows what the world looks like if you scale countries by their population. Watch out China! India is catching up with you.

Dr. Margaret Chan, director-general of the World Health Organization, has said of Ebola: "It overwhelmed the capacity of WHO, and it is a crisis that cannot be solved by a single agency or single country."

Critics Say Ebola Crisis Was WHO's Big Failure. Will Reform Follow?

12:37pm February 06, 2015

by Jason Beaubien

The World Health Organization failed to respond quickly and effectively to the outbreak in West Africa. Now the agency is proposing a new structure. But change could prove difficult.

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The Supreme Court of Canada, seen here in a welcoming ceremony last October, has overturned the country's ban on physician-assisted suicide.

Canadians Have A Right To Assisted Suicide, High Court Says

11:46am February 06, 2015

by Bill Chappell

The Canadian Supreme Court said the existing ban denies people the right "to make decisions concerning their bodily integrity and medical care" and leaves them "to endure intolerable suffering."

The KinderCare Learning Center in Palatine, Ill., where five infants have been diagnosed with measles. Officials are trying to track down the source of the infection.

Officials Predict More Measles Cases After 5 Babies Are Diagnosed In Illinois

10:42am February 06, 2015

by Bill Chappell

Because the Chicago-area patients are all under a year old, they can't be vaccinated. Saying that more cases are likely, a Cook County health official warns, "The cat is out of the bag."