Vice president’s wife puts spotlight on art therapy
Karen Pence, wife of Vice President Pence, is championing art therapy as she travels with her husband to South Korea, Japan, Indonesia and Australia.
How a toy became a medical miracle
Inspired by a whirligig, a Stanford researcher developed a 20-cent paper centrifuge that could revolutionize health care diagnosis around the world.
Tackling global health care: Tips for aspiring entrepreneurs
April 7 is World Health Day. David Shoultz of PATH says global health care solutions must consider demand, cost and design to be successful.
These fish hold clues to human eyesight … and other...
April 7 is World Health Day. Find out how spinach leaves and zebrafish may soon help people around the world live longer, healthier lives.
U.S. progressing toward Zika vaccine
An experimental vaccine from the National Institutes of Health to protect against the Zika virus is showing promising results.
How soccer can save lives
April 4 is International Mine Awareness Day. Learn how teaching kids soccer can protect them from land mines.
Science and business are opening the spigot to clean water [video]
This World Water Day, nearly 750 million people lack access to clean drinking water. Scientists and businesses are doing something about it.
International effort helps Gambian girl get her grin back
Janet Sylva can smile again, thanks to surgeons in New York who removed a cantaloupe-sized tumor from the Gambian girl's mouth and rebuilt her jaw.
Doctor who brings health care to remote Liberia wins $1 million
“In our world, illness is universal, but access to care is not,” said Raj Panjabi. He's trying to change that by getting medical care to isolated areas.