Global Health

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, testifies during a House Subcommittee hearing on the coronavirus crisis in July.

Trump Hints He Might Fire Fauci After Election As Coronavirus Cases Rise

8:06pm November 02, 2020

by Scott Neuman

Responding to supporters chanting "Fire Fauci!" at a rally in Florida, the president said: "Don't tell anybody, but let me wait until a little bit after the election."

A Look At The State Of The Pandemic

4:04pm November 02, 2020

Coronavirus cases are surging in many countries, including the United States and in Europe, and governments are imposing new lockdowns. NPR takes a look at the state of the pandemic around the world.

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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson wears a mask and remembrance poppy as he leaves No. 10 Downing St. heading for the Houses of Parliament in London after ordering a new England-wide coronavirus lockdown.

Britain's Boris Johnson: 'No Alternative' To Strict New Coronavirus Lockdown

2:28pm November 02, 2020

by Scott Neuman

Speaking to Parliament, the prime minister defends his decision to order a renewed lockdown, saying a new wave of infections could be "twice as bad" as anything seen before.

Alice Amonde sits on a boat on the village of Nduru Beach, Kenya. She is part of the group of women who have fought against the practice of transactional sex that was part of the fishing business. This photograph was taken in November 2019. This spring, f

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Life Was Improving For 'No Sex For Fish.' Then Came The Flood

2:27pm November 01, 2020

In a Kenyan fishing village along Lake Victoria, women fought the practice of fishermen demanding sex in exchange for a catch of fish to sell. They were making progress. Then came the floods of 2020.

Tony Potts, a 69-year-old retiree living in Ormond Beach, Fla., receives his first injection earlier this year as a participant in a Phase 3 clinical trial of Moderna's COVID-19 candidate vaccine.

Advisers To CDC Debate How COVID-19 Vaccine Should Be Rolled Out

9:41pm October 30, 2020

In advance of a COVID-19 vaccine being available, a group of independent medical advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention weighed Friday who should get the vaccine first and how.

A health worker administers a polio vaccine to a child in Afghanistan's Kandahar province. Taliban opposition to vaccine campaigns have left millions of children unprotected against the virus.

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The Campaign To Wipe Out Polio Was Going Really Well ... Until It Wasn't

3:20pm October 30, 2020

by Jason Beaubien

It looked as if polio would be the second human disease to be eliminated — after smallpox. But "2020 has been a terrible year," the head of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative says.

Steve Davis is a longtime advocate for the poor. In his new book, Undercurrents: Channeling Outrage to Spark Practical Activism, he writes about five promising trends that could help lift people out of extreme poverty.

Why A Champion For The Very Poor Is Not Pessimistic. In Fact, He's Optimistic!

4:00pm October 28, 2020

by Nurith Aizenman

Steve Davis lays out the reasons for his (relatively) rosy outlook In his new book: Undercurrents: Channeling Outrage to Spark Practical Activism.

Pollution is a global problem. Above: Stockton Street in the Chinatown district of San Francisco on Sept. 9, a time when air quality was affected by wind and wildfires.

New Study Points To Invisible Killer Of Infants

9:57pm October 27, 2020

by Michaeleen Doucleff

The culprit is air pollution — a problem around the globe, from homes where people cook using coal and wood to the smoky streets of San Francisco when wildfires were raging.

The U.S. Agency for International Development is one of the largest official foreign aid organizations in the world. An executive order from the Trump administration said there would be consequences if its diversity training programs were to continue.

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Why Diversity Training Has Been Suspended At USAID

2:11pm October 27, 2020

by Joanne Lu

The suspension followed an executive order from the Trump administration that called such workplace programs "divisive," "anti-American," racist against white people and sexist against men.

European Countries Reinstate Curfews To Try To Slow COVID-19 Surge

6:07am October 26, 2020

by Eleanor Beardsley

After letting its guard down this summer, Europe is dealing with a massive second wave of the coronavirus that doctors say will most likely be more deadly than the first.