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Delivery drivers in Shanghai have been the unsung heroes during a strict COVID-19 lockdown that kept millions indoors.
COVID-19
Shanghai’s delivery drivers — the unsung heroes of a long pandemic lockdown
A boy plays in a fountain to cool off as temperatures approach 100 degrees Fahrenheit, July 18, 2019, in Kansas City, Missouri. 
Health & Medicine
A warming climate leads to more pediatric ER visits, study shows
A bustling street scene in Ghana, where only 1 in 7 households has a toilet.
Health
Only 1 in 7 households in Ghana has a toilet. Communities are fighting to ensure sanitation for all.
Men in suits, some wearing masks and sunglasses stand together
Leaders
Will Ghebreyesus’ pandemic report card earn him a second WHO term?
A grocery store aisle of cleaning and disinfecting products
Disease
Living in a disinfected world could pose unintended consequences
Jeremiah Young, 11, examines his bandage covering during an appointment with Dr. Janice Bacon at the Community Health Care Center on the Tougaloo College campus in Tourgaloo, Miss., Aug. 14, 2020.
COVID-19
Study shows Black people twice as likely as whites to contract coronavirus
Contact tracers are pictured in a room
COVID-19 threatens global progress in fight against other communicable diseases 
Several Black people stand around double doors in masks handing out supplies
COVID-19
Fixing health disparities requires ‘the right data,’ says UK doctor
A woman is shown wearing a medical mask and carrying a bag while standing in front of doors with graffiti painted on them
Coronavirus Conversations
Discussion: Pandemic exposes health inequities in vulnerable communities
An aerial view of a field with the message "Climate change is real"
Science
Science for sale and profits before health and safety
A woman wearing a scarf over her face stands by a wall carrying a polio vaccination kit box in Pakistan
Health & Medicine
Sewage surveillance is key in the fight against polio
OxyContin
Medicine
The family that helped start the opioid crisis
Coal in West Virginia
Environment
In the US, the cost of illnesses triggered by air pollution is falling
A "Water Pickup" sign points to a bottled water distribution center in Flint, Michigan in January. In an effort to save money, state officials running Flint's affairs implemented changes to the city's water system that resulted in widespread lead contamin
Environment
This is your brain on lead, and lots of other nasty pollutants
Brazilian soldiers distribute educational flyers about the Zika virus in São Paulo, the country's largest city.
Environment
Zika is a window into a much bigger story in Brazil
Smog shrouds Chile's capital Santiago, June 22, 2015.
Environment
Climate change poses a massive health risk, but fighting it will be good for everyone
A small kit of supplies containing syringes, bandaids and antiseptic pads waits to be used by a drug addict inside a safe injection site on Vancouver, British Columbia's eastside August 23, 2006. Nearly a decade later, the city will be offering free heroi
Health
Vancouver combats heroin by giving its addicts the best smack in the world
Health
Catholic leaders battle against free birth control in the Philippines
Syrian refugee food distribution
Global Scan
What happens to displaced refugees when the World Food Program goes broke?
A man drinks a soft drink at a store in Mexico City. Last year, the Mexican government has imposed a 1 peso per liter tax on soda and sugary drinks to combat obesity.
Health
Mexico’s soda tax is starting to change some habits, say health advocates
A nurse attends to an infant in the neonatal intensive care unit of the Holtz Children's Hospital at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami.
Medicine
Deaths among low-income children are making the US a leader in infant mortality
Health & Medicine
Why contraception might be a way out of poverty for Filipino families
Ambulances arrive following an explosion in Istanbul.
Health & Medicine
Turkey’s doctors fear for their lives … on the job
Environment
Brazilians welcome genetically-modified mosquito to help fight dengue fever
Health & Medicine
The next pandemic – Are we ready?
Mexicans are debating the role junk food plays in Mexico's national obesity rate.
Health & Medicine
Mexico’s lawmakers are trying to reduce the appetite for sugary, fizzy drinks with new law
Health & Medicine
Government urges caution as scientists release study on gene mutations in bird flu virus
Health & Medicine
Book traces history of AIDS back to 1930s, examines current outbreak’s history
Health & Medicine
WIFI causes headaches, chronic pain for some
Health & Medicine
Book warns that deadly pandemic may not be far off
Health & Medicine
Maternal mortality in Afghanistan
Global Politics
Health care as a human right
Health & Medicine
Swine flu Q&A
Health & Medicine
The impact of social factors on global health
Health & Medicine
Wealth and health in India
Conflict & Justice
Latino Neighborhoods: Improving Health Through Ethnic Pride?
New York City Plans a Ban of Oversized Sugary Drinks
Tracking Pandemics by Computer
Development & Education
Listener Responses: Cell Phone Ban for Drivers
Mobile Phones Lead Innovation in Developing World
The Origin of AIDS: 60 Years Before the First Documented Case
West Virginia Provides Haven for People ‘Allergic’ to WIFI
Health & Medicine
The Army’s New Approach to Mental Health
Environment
The Benefits of Eco-Sanitation
Arts, Culture & Media
Nicaragua in the years since the revolution
The Living on Earth Almanac
Lebanon: Toxic Waste Dumping Ground
The Thirst for Safe Water: Part 2 – Water Quality and Disinfection
Sperm Re-count
Electromagnetic Radiation: Assessing the Threat
Electromagnetic Radiation: Assessing the Threat
Toxic Waste Traffic Hits Romania
Ready or Not
Cities Get Ready
The State of the Environment
Environmental Health Note/Holiday Tips
Environmental Health Note/Can You Hear Me Now?
Environmental Health Note/Can You Hear Me Now?
Environmental Health Note/Networked Health Workers
Emerging Science Note/Connect the Dots