This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. We are proud of our mistakes. They are what help us learn to do even better. At the dZi Foundation, we go to extra lengths to listen to community members, to…
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This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The number of suspected cholera cases in Yemen has surpassed 100,000 people, the World Health Organization said Thursday, marking an outbreak that the United Nations has dubbed “unprecedented” in scale.…
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This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. To some, the world may seem to be filled with unsolvable problems, but, in fact, there are many areas where positive change is happening, including on global health issues. Many…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Every year more money is being spent studying the now-infamous plant protein gluten. The studying raises more questions. That leads to more money being spent. And then more questions. The…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Hey there, Elon Musk. We need to have a little talk. I understand that you’re very worried about what artificial intelligence could mean for our future. Here’s a…list of just…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It wasn’t long ago that there were no treatments for multiple sclerosis. In the 1970s, some doctors used chemotherapy to treat the degenerative neurological disease. Since then, more than a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In January, a new venture investment fund opened in Boston with $42 million in its pocket and a goal of raising $80 million within two years. The new fund, called…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. After the needless death of his father, the author, a business executive, began a personal exploration of a health-care industry that for years has delivered poor service and irregular quality…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. …[Bernie] Sanders seemed to be churning internally about something until, dispensing with ceremony, he blurted out: “Let me be blunt. Do any of you get money from the drug companies?”…