Temps Have Topped 120 In India. How Are They Coping With The Heat Wave?
The changing climate is especially brutal in India. Temperatures are soaring. Asphalt roads are melting. People are dying.
Global Health
Disease Watch: What Global Travelers Should Know In Summer 2019
From measles to yellow fever to just plain heat, there are lots of risks for tourists. Here's how to take stock of your vacation destination.
The Dark Secret Of Lake Malawi: Trading Sex For Fish
Along the lakes of Malawi and Kenya, men catch fish and women sell the fish. But there's a controversial practice that's part of the business.
Study: U.S. Ban On Aid To Foreign Clinics That 'Promote' Abortion Upped Abortion Rate
The aid cutoff is called the Mexico City policy. Republican presidents instate it. Democratic presidents call it off. A new report looks at the impact on abortion rates in sub-Saharan Africa.
How A Former Child Bride Got A Fatwa Against Child Marriage
It happened in Senegal last week, at a conference organized by young Africans to address the issues of child marriage and female genital mutilation. Here's the story behind the fatwa.
No Drips, No Drops: A City Of 10 Million Is Running Out Of Water
In Chennai, India's sixth-largest city, the reservoirs are literally drying up. How are its citizens — and the government — responding?
They Thought This HIV Strategy Couldn't Work. But It Did
An unprecedented five-year study aimed to find out whether the treatments to stop the spread of HIV in the West would work in sub-Saharan Africa.
Will 1 Of These 4 Experimental Treatments Cure Ebola?
A landmark study in Congo is very close to finding out. But there are some major obstacles that have nothing to do with science.
Teen Yogis Do Yoga On Nails And Eggs
Uttrasree Ilango just got a spot in a book of records for doing lotus pose for an hour atop 2,209 nails. Her brother can perch on eggs without cracking them. What's their secret?
A Russian Biologist Wants To Create More Gene-Edited Babies
A Moscow scientist claims he has a safe way of editing genes in human embryos — a method that could protect resulting babies from being infected with HIV. Approval of the experiment seems unlikely.