Global Health

Measles cases have spiked globally after years of decline. Here, a family physician prepares a measles vaccine in Bucharest, Romania. Doctors there say that parental hesitancy about vaccines and lack of faith in state institutions have hurt immunization e

Measles Is Spiking Around The Globe. How Worried Should We Be?

1:06pm March 12, 2019

by Laurel Wamsley

There are outbreaks in rich countries and poor countries, from the United States to Madagascar. And the World Health Organization says vaccine hesitancy is a top 10 threat to global health.

Jennifer Keesmaat is the former chief city planner of Toronto. She also hosts a podcast called Invisible City.

It's 2050 And This Is How We Stopped Climate Change

1:24pm March 11, 2019

by Dan Charles

Let's imagine that we've ended global warming. Humans no longer are releasing greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Here's what life is like in a zero-carbon world.

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A Police officer stands guard in front of a window riddled with bullet holes in an Ebola treatment center, which was attacked in the early hours of the Saturday morning in Butembo. The Democratic Republic of Congo is currently experiencing one of the larg

1 Killed In Latest Attack On Ebola Treatment Center In Congo

3:29pm March 09, 2019

by Gabriela Saldivia

An Ebola treatment center in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been attacked for a second time in the past month, as the country deals with one of the largest outbreaks of the epidemic in history.

From left: Janaki Ammal (1897-1984), a botanist who developed a sweeter type of sugar cane; Amrita Sher-Gil (1913-1941), a Hungarian-Indian artist who loved painting traditional Indian customs; and Kalpana Chawla, the first woman of Indian origin to go in

3 Indian Moms Went Looking For Role Models For Their Daughters

3:47pm March 08, 2019

by Kamala Thiagarajan

And they ended up writing a children's book highlighting 51 women, past and present. It's called The Dot That Went For A Walk.

Marini de Livera, a pro bono lawyer from Sri Lanka, was honored at the U.S. Department of State on Thursday.

She's A Lawyer ... A Thespian ... And Now A State Department 'Woman Of Courage'

12:44pm March 08, 2019

by Rebecca Ellis

The U.S. Department of State has honored Sri Lanka's Marini de Livera for her innovative combination of drama and legal work to aid women and children.

Zulekha Dawood leads female cyclists through a neighborhood in Karachi, Pakistan. They ride early in the morning to avoid the worst of traffic.

Daring To Ride A Bike And 5 Other Ways Women Are Changing The World

6:56pm March 07, 2019

by Malaka Gharib

For International Women's Day, we're spotlighting women and movements that have made an impact around the globe.

The coal-fired Tata Mundra power plant in western India was funded by a branch of the World Bank. A group of farmers and fishermen is suing, claiming that contamination of local water sources has disrupted their livelihoods.

U.S. Supreme Court Rules That World Bank Can Be Sued

1:20pm March 07, 2019

by Tim McDonnell

The 7-1 decision overturns a 70-plus-year standard of immunity for the bank and its branches. Now a lawsuit filed on behalf of fisherfolk in India can go forward.

How Much Is Today's HIV Research Centered Around The Search For A Cure?

8:24pm March 05, 2019

For the second time ever, a man's HIV infection has been sent into remission. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Rowena Johnston, director of research for the Foundation for AIDS Research.

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A measles vaccination campaign in Manila, Philippines, this year. The measles vaccine is believed to confer an additional benefit beyond immunity to the measles virus. Vaccinations against other diseases — polio, tuberculosis, typhoid — may also confe

Health & Safety

The Unintended Benefits Of Vaccines

10:08pm March 04, 2019

by Susan Brink

For decades, scientists have observed an extraordinarily positive side effect among children who receive the measles vaccine. Researchers are now finding that other vaccines confer added protections.

Assailants set fire to an Ebola treatment center run by Doctors Without Borders in Katwa, a rural suburb in Democratic Republic of the Congo, on February 25.

Health & Safety

Why Doctors Without Borders Is Suspending Work In The Ebola Epicenter In Congo

8:43am March 04, 2019

by Nurith Aizenman

After two fiery attacks on its treatment centers in Democratic Republic of the Congo, the medical charity is putting its operations there on hold — and rethinking its role.

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