Jan 21 Top 5 Global Health Headlines: Push for USAID Cuts, Rotavirus Successes By Talea Miller Republicans Call for USAID Cuts A group of 165 Republican members of the House of Representatives are calling for drastic spending cuts in foreign aid, including $1.39 billion a year from USAID, which funds health and development programs around… Continue reading
Jan 20 In South Korea, the Importance of 'Wellbeing' By Larisa Epatko SEOUL, South Korea | Signs with "wellbeing" written in English are popping up all over Korea from corner markets to high-end spas. Its meaning: a healthy and wholesome body inside and out. Continue reading
Jan 18 Watch 'Minds on the Edge' Explores Public Policy Hurdles of Mental Illness The "Minds on the Edge" seminar, hosted by Fred Friendly and airing on many public broadcasting stations, explores the public policy dilemmas facing some people with mental illness and the communities in which they live. Continue watching
Jan 18 Violence Against Women Among Challenges in Haiti By Talea Miller Human rights groups are calling for more security measures in the tent camps of Port-au-Prince to reduce the number of rapes and incidents of sexual violence. Continue reading
Jan 18 H1N1 Gives Clues to Universal Flu Vaccine By Talea Miller Researchers found that the 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza produced antibodies that provide protection from several flu strains. Continue reading
Jan 17 What We're Reading: Worm Bots, Dark Energy and Climate Psychology Why Dire Climate Warnings Boost Skepticism Dire predictions on climate change don't seem to be working. Even while scientific evidence that humans are causing global warming continues to mount, belief in climate change doesn't. So why the disconnect?… Continue reading
Jan 17 Watch Giffords' Case Offers Insight on Mysteries of the 'Changeable' Brain The treatment of severe brain injuries has garnered increased attention in the wake of the shooting of Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. Continue watching
Jan 14 Top 5 Global Health Headlines: Malaria Vaccine, Haiti One Year Later By Talea Miller Malaria patient in Tanzania. Photo by Talea Miller. Promising New Malaria Vaccine An effective malaria vaccine may be on the horizon: a Phase II trial published in the Lancet this week showed an experimental vaccine cut the risk of… Continue reading
Jan 14 Watch Cholera Outbreak Compounds Haiti's Woes Jeffrey Brown looks at the battle against a cholera epidemic in Haiti, one year after a devastating earthquake upset an already fragile infrastructure. Continue watching
Jan 13 Watch Haiti Slow to Rebuild in Aftermath of Devastating Quake Jeffrey Brown traveled to Haiti to look at the struggle to rebuild and recover a year after a massive earthquake devastated Port-au-Prince and nearby area. Continue watching