The Philippines Is Battling Among The World’s Worst Measles Outbreaks
A 6-month-old baby with measles at San Lazaro Hospital in Manila, Philippines. The country's measles outbreak has been partly driven by distrust of vaccines after a dengue vaccine scandal. Jason Beaubien/NPR hide caption toggle caption Jason Beaubien/NPR A 6-month-old baby with measles at San Lazaro Hospital in Manila, Philippines. The country's measles outbreak has been…
Righty Male Cuttlefish Are Much Better at Sex and Battling
Righty cuttlefish males have more sex and win more fights. And this could help explain why lefty humans exist at all. In a paper published March 13 in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, scientists watched cuttlefish as they hooked up and threw down. Most male cuttlefish, it turns out, are "righties" in…
Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak: Jack Dorsey is doing a much better...
Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak has told Bloomberg that he thinks Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is doing a better job of handling the techlash than Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg. When asked about Zuckerberg and Dorsey getting into hot water over recent scandals — which is sometimes referred to as the "techlash" — Wozniak said: "I think Jack…
Battling Fire With Fire: Can We Eliminate Super-Resistant Mycobacteria With Infections?
<div _ngcontent-c14="" innerhtml=" Drug-resistant mycobacterial infections are challenging to manage. Phages that target and kill mycobacteria might help,...
Battling Discomfort Without Opioids: How One Nurse In The Gambia Does...
Nabia Drammeh, 27, a nurse, talks with Maram Ceesay, and her granddaughter, Awa at the Brufut Minor Health Center outside of Banjul, the capital of the Gambia. Awa's mother passed away during childbirth leaving Maram to look after her. The 2-year-old is being treated for pneumonia. Samantha Reinders for NPR hide caption toggle caption Samantha…
Fighting coronavirus: COVID-19 tests, vaccine research, masks, ventilators and more
Blood testing Around the world, medical teams and researchers have been scrambling to respond to the coronavirus pandemic, from the front lines of dealing with the sick to the labs working on potential vaccines. Meanwhile, there are roles being worked out for high-tech systems including robots, supercomputers and 3D printers.Here, a medical laboratory scientist runs…
Fighting coronavirus starts with this medical and tech gear
Red Cross volunteer Around the world, medical teams and researchers have been scrambling to respond to the coronavirus pandemic, from the front lines of dealing with the sick to the labs working on potential vaccines. Meanwhile, there are roles being worked out for high-tech systems including robots, supercomputers and 3D printers.One of the most basic…
Fighting COVID-19 Vaccine Mistrust In The Black Community
NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Reverend Liz Walker of Roxbury Presbyterian Church in Boston about how to combat vaccine mistrust in communities of color.
In Addition To Fighting Megafires, Crews Consider COVID-19 Risks
As thousands of firefighters are deployed to major wildfires in California and other western states, this is the first big test as to whether new COVID-19 safety protocols are working.
WHO Is Fighting False COVID Info On Social Media. How’s That...
Open up any social media app on your phone and you'll see it: links to COVID-19 information from trustworthy sources. Here, a Twitter screen reads, "No, 5G isn't causing coronavirus." Michele Abercrombie/NPR hide caption toggle caption Michele Abercrombie/NPR Open up any social media app on your phone and you'll see it: links to COVID-19 information…
