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
Jan 12 In Photos: A Year of Tragedy and Survival in Haiti By Talea Miller Wednesday marks one year since a magnitude-7 earthquake devastated Haiti on January 12, 2010, killing more than 230,000 people and injuring many more. Rick Loomis, a Pulitzer-Prize winning photographer for the Los Angeles Times, arrived in Haiti one… Continue reading
Jan 11 Reporter’s Notebook: Memories from Haiti, One Year After the Quake By Ray Suarez Ray Suarez in Haiti, July 2010 This past summer, I stood at the edge of a fetid pool of standing water. Marooned in the middle of the deepening pool were two forlorn soccer goals, indicating a place that wasn't always… Continue reading
Jan 11 Watch After Haiti Quake, Using Science to Build Sturdier Buildings As Haiti recovers from the devastating earthquake that flattened Port-au-Prince one year ago, researchers are examining how the country can lessen the damage from another disaster using building science. Science correspondent Miles O'Brien reports. Continue watching