Nurith Aizenman
[Copyright 2024 NPR]
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The coronavirus outbreak in China seems like an unusual event. But scientists have found that similar viruses have been quietly jumping from bats into humans for years. -
Every year, viruses like influenza kill hundreds of thousands worldwide — yet countries don't respond with lockdowns or airport screenings. Here's why they're doing so over the coronavirus outbreak. -
A troubling new virus that surfaced in the Chinese city of Wuhan last month is raising concerns. Health authorities there say they have identified at least 139 people who've been infected.
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As the world's second-worst Ebola outbreak in history drags into a new year, experts think the solution is less about medicine, and more about security. -
Dr. Marie-Roseline Bélizaire says the United Nations is failing to keep its medical workers safe. -
Every time we divvy up our money among good causes, we're making a moral judgment about who is most deserving. -
Research suggests the most effective way to help poor people can be to give them no-strings-attached cash. Now a new study finds even neighbors who don't get the aid benefit. -
After a surge in violence in the Congolese city of Beni, the World Health Organization and UNICEF have decided to temporarily pullout non-essential staff from the Ebola hotspot.
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Uganda is challenging morphine's reputation as an archaic, dangerous drug — and inspiring other African countries to do the same. -
In lower-income countries, snakes, cow carcasses and collapsing walls are among the hazards faced by this critical but long-ignored group of workers.
