This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. By 2019, one in 10 people living in the developing world will have 3D-printed items in or on their bodies.” That is the claim made by research firm Gartner Group.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Global tuberculosis experts want to see numerical funding targets for combating the epidemic set at the first United Nations high-level meeting on the disease next year. It’s time for the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. I spent time at a fascinating conference in Silicon Valley, which came complete with roughly the level of inchoate enthusiasm about things like blockchain technology that you might expect. I…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. After Charles Kenny agreed with me that public-health aid should be run through governments rather than non-governmental organizations acting largely independently, I had a simple question for him. If I want to give money…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Philanthropists and those of charitable nature oftentimes donate their life work to improving the world. Whether it is ending poverty, fighting for world peace, or finding a cure for a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For the first time, fewer than 100,000 people around the world died from measles in a year. New data published today by the partners of the Measles & Rubella Initiative…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. While the Sackler family may not have the wealth or visibility of a Gates or Zuckerberg, with assets of $13 billion, the nation’s 19th wealthiest family is an important player in philanthropy. Especially…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As the country reels from record-high rates of opioid abuse and overdoses, medication-assisted treatment — which combines medication and behavioral therapy — has shown particular promise in combating the epidemic. But it…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It’s vitally important that people living with obesity have access to medical management and evidence-based treatment for their disease. But medical treatment rates of obesity in the US are shockingly…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The dining room at the front of the six-story former paint factory in the trendy Brooklyn waterfront neighborhood of DUMBO is well-lit; light pours in through high windows that line…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The start of the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in September was a sobering reminder of the immense suffering taking place in our world; it was also…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A new vaccine against rotavirus made by the Serum Institute of India — the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer — and tested in Niger by Médecins Sans Frontières, is being hailed as a…