Health
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Respiratory Syncytial Virus: The Common Infection Hospitalizing Millions of Babies
Three-month-old Emma had been fussy for two days with a runny nose and mild cough. Her parents, first-time caregivers, thought…
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Health Research: Why Scientific Discovery Drives Better Healthcare
In 1955, Dr. Jonas Salk announced that his polio vaccine was safe and effective after conducting one of the largest…
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Rehabilitation: Helping People Recover Function After Illness or Injury
Forty-five-year-old Carlos from Mexico City woke one morning unable to move the right side of his body or speak clearly.…
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Refugee and Migrant Health: Protecting Vulnerable People on the Move
Amina fled Syria in 2015 with her three children after bombs destroyed their neighborhood in Aleppo. The harrowing journey to…
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Radon: The Invisible Gas Causing Thousands of Lung Cancer Deaths
Jennifer and her family lived in their beautiful basement apartment in Denver, Colorado for five years before she developed a…
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Radiation Emergencies: Preparing for Nuclear Accidents and Disasters
On March 11, 2011, a massive 9.0 magnitude earthquake struck off Japan’s coast, triggering a devastating tsunami that killed over…
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Radiation: Understanding Invisible Energy’s Health Effects
Thirty-five-year-old Sarah from Boston sits anxiously in the radiology department waiting room, clutching the referral form from her doctor requesting…
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Rabies: The Preventable Disease That Kills 59,000 People Yearly
Ten-year-old Rajesh from rural India was playing near his home when a stray dog bit him on the leg. The…
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Quality of Care: Why Good Healthcare Is More Than Just Access
Twenty-eight-year-old Amina traveled four hours from her rural village in Tanzania to reach the district hospital when she went into…
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Primary Health Care: The Foundation of Healthy Communities
Maria lives in a rural village in Guatemala, three hours by bus from the nearest hospital. When her two-year-old son…
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Polio: The Crippling Disease We’re Close to Eradicating Forever
In 1952, polio paralyzed over 21,000 people in the United States alone, mostly children, in what became known as the…
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Pneumonia: The Infectious Lung Disease Killing 740,000 Children Yearly
Three-month-old Fatima lay gasping for breath in her grandmother’s arms in a rural health clinic in northern Nigeria. Her tiny…
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Plague: The Ancient Disease That Still Threatens Today
When most people hear “plague,” they think of medieval Europe’s “Black Death” that killed an estimated 50 million people—roughly half…
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Physical Activity: Why Moving Your Body Matters for Health
Twelve-year-old Amir from Cairo, Egypt, spends most of his day sitting—at his school desk for seven hours, then at home…
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US experiencing largest measles outbreak since 2000 – 5 essential reads on the risks, what to do and what’s coming next
The measles outbreak in South Carolina reached 876 cases on Feb. 3, 2026. That number surpasses the 2025 outbreak in…
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