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.
Clean water, better lives
When you think about how to build a better world, think about providing clean water to about 663 million people worldwide who don’t have it.
Lebanon takes out the trash
The streets of Beirut are finally getting cleared of the heaps of trash that have mounted ever since Lebanon’s largest landfill closed nearly a year ago.
Women changing the face of medicine
When she graduated from Geneva Medical College in New York on January 23, 1849, Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman in the United States...
35 million people worldwide have HIV/AIDS. Do something about it on...
What do 35 million people worldwide have in common? An HIV-positive diagnosis. What they don’t have in common is equal access to treatment.
To close...
75 percent of Ebola victims are women
Ebola can infect anyone who does not take the necessary and simple health precautions. Women, however, represent 75 percent of Ebola-related deaths.
Why women?
Ebola spreads through...
Health workers face Ebola’s psychological effects
For some health workers, addressing the psychological effects of the Ebola epidemic in Liberia is as important as prevention or treatment.
Battling death and rumors
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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.
This is what dirty air does to your body
When we live in cities, we breathe dirty air, which is bad for us. It causes many diseases. But there are ways to stop the pollution.