USAID
- Protesters demand release of HIV funds ‘illegally’ withheld by Trump, The Guardian
- He led George W. Bush’s PEPFAR program to stop AIDS. Now he fears for its future, NPR
- Dozens of USAID contracts were canceled last weekend. Here’s what happened, NPR
- What kind of support is the U.S. offering in the wake of the Myanmar quake? NPR
- Rubio announces that 83% of USAID contracts will be canceled, NPR
- Trump officials will put 4,700 USAID employees on leave and eliminate 1,600 jobs, NPR
- What is happening with PEPFAR? It depends on whom you ask, NPR
- Why is the Trump administration targeting USAID?, NPR
- Thousands protest USAid workers being recalled from abroad and put on leave, The Guardian
- Why does Musk want USAID ‘to die’? And why did its website disappear?, NPR
- Trump’s ‘stop-work’ order for PEPFAR cuts off anti-HIV drugs for patients, NPR; this reporting also aired on Morning Edition
- Trump pauses funding for anti-HIV program that prevented 26 million AIDS deaths, NPR
- George W. Bush’s anti-HIV program is hailed as ‘amazing’ — and still crucial at 20, NPR
- Top US government aid partner to pay $500k damages to African American job applicants, The Guardian
Development
- How to prevent drowning: A ground-breaking report that’s startling yet hopeful, NPR
- Kathy Pico is just getting started, Outside
- Can a woman’s rising social status bring down rates of domestic violence? NPR
- Rejection by the king of Nepal was not the end of the road, NPR
- Therapy for torture victims has surprising economic benefit, study says, NPR
- Color lines create widest pay gaps, Women’s eNews
HIV/AIDS
- Discovery of HIV variant shows virus can evolve to be more severe — and contagious, NPR
- Is a successful HIV vaccine finally on the horizon? Leaps
- Ending HIV, Monitor on Psychology
- HIV rates are rising across the American South in states that didn’t expand Medicaid, Pacific Standard
- 9 million people are likely HIV positive and don’t know it, NPR
Malaria
- Welcome to the new era of vaccine acceleration, The New Republic
- In Rwanda, “human bait” volunteers help battle malaria, Undark and The Atlantic; a Notable Mention in Best American Science and Nature Writing 2021
- A new kind of chemistry: Why science is rethinking the humble bed net, Mail & Guardian and Bhekisisa
- The 7 Dwarfs whistle while they work to fight malaria, NPR
Other Infectious Diseases
- The unanswered questions about anthrax, NPR
- Bubonic plague strikes in Mongolia: Why is it still a threat? NPR
- Cholera 101: Why this ancient disease is making headlines in 2019, NPR
- Scientists discover the secret weapon of stomach viruses, NPR
- Some bacteria are becoming ‘more tolerant’ of hand sanitizers, study finds, NPR
Sanitation
Health Systems
Climate & Health
- Climate change is already hurting kids’ health, The New Republic
- Solving the suicide crisis in the Arctic Circle, Pacific Standard (selected as a Notable article in Best American Science and Nature Writing 2019)
- In a land of thundering reindeer, suicide stalks the Indigenous Sami, STAT News (republished by PBS NewsHour)
- Anguish in the Scandinavian Arctic [podcast], GroundTruth Project
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