This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Last month, global leaders convened at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland, where more than 400 panels over four days covered topics from economics to electronics to global health and security. Below…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. School programmes encouraging children to take more exercise and eat healthily are unlikely to have any real effect on childhood obesity, a study in the British Medical Journal suggests. More…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. At the onset of the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, third-grade literacy was 41.8 percent. That was nearly five years ago. The literacy rate declined sharply to 10.7 percent last…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. At nonprofits, long hours and scarce resources are considered typical, but the high-pressure environment and deeply important work can trigger or exacerbate mental health conditions like anxiety and depression. This…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Unmanned aerial vehicles, also known as drones, have become a hot topic in public health for their potential in delivering life-saving medicines, blood, or vaccines to people in remote areas.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Lili Rachel Smith felt invisible. Born with a condition known as Apert’s syndrome — which causes abnormalities of the skull, hands and feet — her peers in middle school excluded…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Severe shortages of medicines and medical supplies have decimated public health care. Food is largely unavailable and unaffordable for many. Rather than keep people safe, Venezuelan police and national guardsmen…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The term “Facebook depression” has been coined to explain the potentially negative impact of social media on young people. It describes the depressive symptoms which can occur when young people…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Delivering humanitarian and development aid in fragile and conflict-affected places is not easy. War zones are complicated and dangerous, and aid agencies must deliver urgent and life-saving assistance in the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. There are many misconceptions when it comes to mental disorders. Those who struggle with these debilitating issues not only have to manage their own health but also deal with a world…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Last year, there were more than 109,442 cholera cases resulting in 1,708 deaths in 12 countries in the Eastern and Southern Africa Region (ESAR), according to the UN children’s agency,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. ZERO TO THREE’s HealthySteps program announced both its large expansion and growth plan supported by Blue Meridian Partners, as well as its new national director, Dr. Rahil Briggs. ZERO TO…