Global Health

Countries Balance Needed Tourism With Coronavirus Concerns

6:21am June 25, 2020

Nations that are heavily dependent on tourism are trying to walk a fine line between the need to reopen their beaches and resorts and the risk of importing more cases of the coronavirus.

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Surrounded by some members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, President Trump speaks at a press conference on COVID-19 in March in the Rose Garden. Of the 27 task force members, two are women, standing to Trump's left: Dr. Deborah Birx and Seema V

Where The Women Aren't: On Coronavirus Task Forces

11:00pm June 24, 2020

by Malaka Gharib

The pandemic is by some measures taking a greater toll on women. Yet women are underrepresented in expert groups that decide how to control the coronavirus and where funds should go.

Passengers have their temperature checked before entering a railway station in the Israeli coastal city of Netanya on June 22.

Israel's Government Wants Spy Agency To Resume COVID-19 Tracing. Spy Chief Objects

3:01pm June 24, 2020

by Daniel Estrin

As the country's coronavirus cases surge, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is pushing for law reform to resume a surveillance program that the Supreme Court halted earlier this month.

Leaders Want Internet Ban Lifted In Rohingya Area As COVID-19 Misinformation Spreads

8:50am June 24, 2020

by Michael Sullivan

Advocates are urging Myanmar to lift internet restrictions in the war torn Rakhine state, where the world's longest internet shutdown has more than a million people amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Youth in Nepal hold a socially distant protest demanding a more effective government response to the novel coronavirus. A new UNICEF report highlights issues faced by young people in South Asia during the pandemic

Health & Safety

Bleak UNICEF Report On Kids And COVID-19 ... But There Is Hope

7:05pm June 23, 2020

by Fran Kritz

A report on the impact of the novel coronavirus on the children of South Asia pays special note to reports of adolescent suicide — and looks at preventive measures.

Scientists Say The Coronavirus Pandemic Has Worsened Deforestation Worldwide

3:58pm June 23, 2020

by Nathan Rott

Scientists say accelerating deforestation and development may increase the risk of pandemic diseases, and the current coronavirus pandemic may actually make the trend worse.

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A CT scan of the chest of a 66-year-old male reveals patchy rounded hazy spots throughout the lungs. He had tested positive for the coronavirus and experienced shortness of breath.

Health & Safety

We Still Don't Fully Understand The Label 'Asymptomatic'

12:55pm June 23, 2020

by Pien Huang

A new study reveals that even patients who are reportedly asymptomatic — no fever, cough, fatigue or breathing issues — could sustain temporary lung damage from the novel coronavirus.

Rattan Lal in an Ohio cornfield. The soil scientist is this year's World Food Laureate, earning a quarter of a million dollar prize for his pioneering work in soil improvement.

Soil Prof Hits Pay Dirt: $250K Prize For Helping Farmers, Fighting Climate Change

1:53pm June 22, 2020

by Jessica Craig

Meet 2020 World Food Prize Laureate: Rattan Lal. His "soil-centric" philosophy is praised as being good for crops — and for mitigating climate change.

The closer humans are to animals, the greater the opportunity for zoonotic spillover, where a pathogen jumps from animal to human.

'Like Poking a Beehive': The Worrisome Link Between Deforestation And Disease

11:36am June 22, 2020

by Nathan Rott

Scientists say accelerating deforestation and development may increase the risk of pandemic diseases. The current economic crisis may also make that trend worse if more people cut down trees for fuel.

Anglebert Maurice Kakuja, 29, a Sapeur, or Congolese dandy, shows off his fashion sense while wearing a homemade mask in the eastern Congolese city of Bukavu. Sapeurs take their name from the acronym for their group: Societe des Ambianceurs et des Personn

PHOTOS: The Masks Of Congo Are Worn To Protect, To Protest — And To Strike A Pose

7:00am June 21, 2020

by Marc Silver

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, citizens are required by law to wear a mask in public. But the face coverings can have many meanings and materials — including banana leaves.