I wrote last week about the World Health Organization revising down its numbers on maternal mortality, noting that the UN…
One of the biggest problems with vaccines is that they usually need refrigeration. PATH has long worked on this problem,…
Nets distribution in NigerVoice of America One of the problems with saving lives is it’s hard to identify a death…
Mobile phoneFlickr, by 96dpi There’s a lot of excitement and activity around the idea of using mobile phones to improve…
The Seattle Times’ science reporter Sandi Doughton today provides an excellent, detailed description of the Gates Foundation’s strategy for fighting…
Albert Einstein said the key to solving a problem is in how you define the problem. If critical problems in…
Flickr, World Bank Planting in Kenya Boosting agricultural productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa is critical to the fight against poverty and…
CDC A Sneezer Seasonal flu kills a lot of people and the media (including me) typically report that influenza causes…
CDC Ghanaian Boy with Smallpox This was a horrible, terrifying disease. Smallpox. It’s hard for many of us to appreciate…
Psychologists at Washington State University have determined that nobody likes do-gooders in the workplace. Selfless people, says WSU social psychologist…