Volcanoes are erupting in The Philippines, but on-fire Australia received some welcome rain. The Iran war cries have been called off and The Donald’s military powers are about to be hamstrung by the Senate. Meanwhile, his impeachment trial is starting, and we’re all on Twitter for a front-row seat.
Tag: Health
09/15/2021
‘Words matter’: the campaign to change the language of maternity care
A glossary of more ‘empowering’ phrases about motherhood is being made available to health professionals, to help them frame conversations around fertility, pregnancy and loss.
08/31/2021
How Philadelphia Housing Repairs Drove Down Crime
As U.S. cities explore criminal justice reform amid a spike in homicides, a new study offers insight into the kinds of investments that might help.
09/01/2021
Tiny Home Village offers path out of homelessness
What Henry Esquivel likes most about his new house is the blast of cold air it delivers when he walks in.
08/27/2021
Candy v kale: healthy food comes to US corner stores in fight against ‘retail redlining’
A movement of entrepreneurs in US cities is bringing healthy food to neighborhoods hurt when policies create food deserts.
08/19/2021
Will the Taliban roll back two decades of public health progress in Afghanistan?
Child and maternal mortality have fallen dramatically. Now what?
08/25/2021
Trial suggests malaria sickness could be cut by 70%
A new approach to protecting young African children from malaria could reduce deaths and illness from the disease by 70%, a study suggests.
08/23/2021
Costa Ricans Live Longer Than Us. What’s the Secret?
We’ve starved our public-health sector. The Costa Rica model demonstrates what happens when you put it first.
06/17/2021
My mom can’t afford hearing aids. The pandemic reminded us why she needs them.
For 10 minutes, I asked my 77-year-old mother if she needed cleaning wipes or toilet paper. It was early in the pandemic, when we were just starting to get a hint that these things would become scarce, so I had called to see if she wanted me to try to grab some for her before they vanished from store shelves.
08/19/2021
China’s successful elimination of malaria, and its global impact
70 years ago, China suffered 30 million cases of malaria a year. But, with the World Health Organization (WHO)’s recent announcement that malaria is now gone from the country, China has reduced that number to zero.
08/11/2021
A Yale doctor is using a video game to fight the opioid crisis
As drug-related deaths have spiked across the United States in recent years, doctors seeking to curb that surge are getting an unlikely new tool: a video game.
08/08/2021
Apps are helping people avoid air pollution amid record wildfires, rising temperatures
Air pollution in the U.S. and Europe improved over the last decade thanks to stricter regulations, but more frequent and intense wildfires are having a big impact on air quality.
08/08/2021