Jonathan Lambert
[Copyright 2024 NPR]
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The sheer number of cases and deaths are a sign that the outbreak might have been smoldering before the virus was identified. -
An Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda has been declared a "public health emergency of international concern" by the World Health Organization.
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Pollinators have economic and health benefits, but those benefits have been difficult to quantify. A new study puts some numbers to how important pollinators are for both nutrition and income. -
People sell wild animals for food and for traditional medicine — legally and illegally. A study looks at the risks of spillover diseases from those pangolins, giant rats and other exotic critters. -
U.S. work combatting HIV/AIDS has saved millions of lives globally. Under the Trump administration, funding has been slow in coming and unpredictable, wreaking havoc on people trying to do the work. -
New research suggests drought can stoke antibiotic resistance in soil bacteria — and that can have an impact on humans. -
New research suggests drought can stoke antibiotic resistance in soil bacteria, and those genes can end up in human pathogens.
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Dance teachers, health researchers, urban planners — they all have a desire to get people moving. But globally, exercise rates have remained stagnant.
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Overprescribing antibiotics breeds antibiotic resistance. A new tool aims to lower a notably high rate of such prescriptions in Rwanda. -
After the U.S. withdrew from the World Health Organization, it wasn't clear they would participate in this WHO-led meeting to determine the recipe for the next flu vaccine.
