Wiping Out Polio: How The U.S. Snuffed Out A Killer
Sixty years ago, polio was one of the most feared diseases in the U.S.As the weather warmed up each year, panic over polio intensified. Late summer was dubbed "polio season." Public swimming pools were...
View ArticleAt Polio's Epicenter, Vaccinators Battle Chaos And Indifference
Polio was eliminated from the Western Hemisphere in the early 1990s. It was stamped out in Europe a few years later.
View ArticleDrug-Resistant Malaria On The Rise In Southeast Asia
For malaria in Southeast Asia, there's good news and bad news right now. Overall, the number of cases is down, but there's a growing problem of drug resistance in the cases that do crop up.Researchers...
View ArticleStakes Rise In Malaria Battle As Cracks Appear In Drug's Armor
Malaria remains a huge problem in much of the world, but over the past decade the number of people getting sick and dying from the disease has gone down dramatically.Health workers attribute much of...
View ArticleA Polio Outbreak In Pakistan Reveals Gaps In Vaccination
Pakistan has made a lot of progress this year in wiping out polio.
View ArticleNigeria Pressured To Clean Up Lead-Contaminated Villages
The Nigerian government has been slow to fulfill a promise it made last spring. And, its sluggishness is putting kids at risk for lead poisoning, the advocacy group Humans Rights Watch says.Last May,...
View ArticleA View From The Ground: Thailand Confronts Drug-Resistant Malaria
Global efforts to combat malaria are under threat from new strains of drug-resistant malaria, which are cropping up in Southeast Asia.Over the last decade, the number of malaria deaths around the world...
View ArticleFake Malaria Drugs Fuel Rise Of Drug-Resistant Disease
Counterfeit drugs are a growing scourge around the world. They're generating millions of dollars in revenue for organized crime and fueling the rise of drug-resistant parasites.Anti-malarials are among...
View ArticleHow The U.S. Stopped Malaria, One Cartoon At A Time
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View ArticleMosquito Maven Takes Bites For Malaria Research
Most of us do everything possible to avoid mosquitoes. But one Italian researcher literally sacrifices her right arm to keep the lowly insects alive.Chiara Adolina is studying a new malaria drug, and...
View ArticleDespite Billions In Aid, Many Haitians Still Live In Squalid Camps
Saturday marks the third anniversary of the powerful earthquake that destroyed much of the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince. The quake killed roughly 200,000 people and left 1.5 million Haitians...
View ArticleFor Your Next Caribbean Vacation, Haiti ... Maybe?
Haiti used to be a tourist hot spot in the Caribbean. Former U.S. President Bill Clinton regularly recounts how he and Hillary honeymooned in Haiti in 1975.
View ArticleQuick TB Test Builds Up Arsenal Against Drug-Resistant Bacteria
The people on the front lines of tuberculosis control have their hands full, but their biggest challenge for the moment may be containing strains of the disease that are resistant to drugs.Worldwide...
View ArticleNigeria Moves To Clean Up Lead Pollution From Gold Mines
Finally, the Nigerian government is fulfilling its promise to help thousands of kids, who have been exposed to toxic levels of lead.After months of delay and red tape, the government has released $4...
View ArticleAttacks On Health Workers Put Fight To End Polio Under Fire
The global effort to eradicate polio has reached a bizarre stage: More people have been gunned down recently over the disease than actually infected with it.On Friday, nine polio vaccinators in...
View ArticleWill 'Made In Haiti' Factories Improve Life In Haiti?
Three years after the devastating Port-au-Prince earthquake, one of the largest international relief projects in Haiti isn't anywhere near where the quake hit. It's an industrial park on the north...
View ArticleThe Whole Community Gets A Health Boost From HIV Treatment
Over the past few decades, one of the most perplexing questions in global health is how to stop HIV.There have been campaigns involving condoms, abstinence and even the circumcision of all men younger...
View ArticleWhat Happened To The Aid Meant To Rebuild Haiti?
After a devastating earthquake hit Haiti in 2010, governments and foundations from around the world pledged more than $9 billion to help get the country back on its feet.Only a fraction of the money...
View ArticlePower Shift Underway As Middle Class Expands In Developing World
"The meek shall inherit the earth"— that seems to be the latest message from the United Nations Development Program.Their 2013 Human Development Report chronicles the recent, rapid expansion of the...
View ArticleHow To Get Rid Of Polio For Good? There's A $5 Billion Plan
Polio is on the verge of being eliminated.
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