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
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
Opinion: In the Opioid Epidemic, More Reasons for Hope Than Despair
It’s been more than two decades since Purdue Pharma released its patented pain medication OxyContin to an unsuspecting public. Since then, more than 500,000 people have died in the United States in an addiction and overdose crisis triggered by the excessive marketing and overuse of that drug and others like it.
07/29/2021
The future of sanitation: 10 years of reinventing the toilet
Growing up in modest circumstances in Côte D’Ivoire, we didn’t have a decent toilet at home. I didn’t even know this was a problem.
08/04/2021
‘Lifechanging’: the scheme that offers free train travel to people fleeing abuse
The UK’s Rail to Refuge programme has been used by more than 1,000 domestic abuse survivors, including children.
07/28/2021
Flies, worms and bees could help detect illness
Dogs can smell things at concentrations of one part in a trillion—equivalent to a single drop in a pond the size of 20 Olympic swimming pools.
08/04/2021
‘Lifechanging’: the scheme that offers free train travel to people fleeing abuse
The UK’s Rail to Refuge programme has been used by more than 1,000 domestic abuse survivors, including children.
08/04/2021