This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Bill Gates spoke with Devex at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting about the science and technology behind the push to eradicate malaria parasites — one of Gates’ favorite subjects and one…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Dementia kills about 1.5 million people worldwide each year. This figure may not surprise Americans, where the problems of Alzheimer’s and dementia are (rightly) getting a lot of attention, including…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. According to the International Food Information Council (IFIC), in 2016, 38 percent of consumers named “chemicals” as their top food safety concern, up from 9 percent just five years earlier. This…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Effective altruism is a growing movement and teaches us that we must be mindful of others, regardless of race, culture, religion, or species. We all experience emotions and feelings of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On a recent Tuesday morning in Northeast Los Angeles, a large industrial kitchen is piled with heaps of beautiful vegetables, including leafy greens and bright red tomatoes. Rows of sparkling…
For the past six years, children in Syria have been bombed and starved. They have seen their friends and families die before their eyes or buried under the rubble of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Last year, the HistPhil blog put up a post by Tamara Mann Tweel about a now-published report we commissioned her to work on, regarding the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI)’s…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. While the world’s elite gathered atop the snowy mountains of Davos, health ministers and other stakeholders spent a week in Geneva, hammering out the details of a number of global…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In today’s world, the large majority of countries can actually afford to provide universal health coverage and universal access to quality education. It’s less a question of economics than of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Roberta “Bertie” Bialek Elliott wanted to do something transformational in the place she calls home. And she has — donating $105.8 million to Montage Health Foundation, the largest gift ever…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Mosquito nets distributed to combat malaria in developing tropical countries are being routinely used for fishing instead, according to the first-ever attempt to gauge the international scale of a practice…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Enthusiasm for remote patient monitoring is growing, and it’s no wonder. The latest wave in health data collection uses non-invasive devices (think smart watches, smart phones, and other wearables) to…