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How a health clinic in South Africa is navigating Trump's cuts to HIV funding: Consider This from NPR
1+ hour, 31+ min ago (230+ words) Community health programs in South Africa have been heavily impacted by U. S. cuts to global aid. Which means there are fewer community and health workers to support low-income people with HIV and AIDS. We recently visited one of those programs, called…...
Latest updates on the ongoing, rapidly spreading Ebola outbreak in north-east DR Congo
4+ day, 10+ hour ago (87+ words) In north-east DR Congo, fear is spreading faster than answers as communities confront an Ebola outbreak that went undetected for weeks. EMMET LIVINGSTONE: Thank you for having me on. SIMON: What's the situation like at the moment in Congo? SIMON:…...
How funding cuts to USAID are impacting the Ebola outbreak in DR Congo
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (400+ words) NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Dennis Carroll, Ph D. about the current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda and how funding cuts to USAID have affected the response. DENNIS CARROLL: My pleasure. Thank you. RASCOE: So what…...
What doctors fighting the Ebola outbreak in Africa are facing
1+ week, 2+ day ago (291+ words) The World Health Organization has declared an outbreak of Ebola virus in Africa a global health emergency. NPR's A Martinez asks Brown University's Dr. Craig Spencer what doctors are facing. For more on this outbreak, we've called Dr. Craig Spencer....
Speed of Ebola outbreak challenges global health workers in wake of U. S. funding cuts
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (586+ words) There have been more than 900 suspected and confirmed cases of Ebola, resulting in more than 180 deaths. It's the first major outbreak the Trump Administration drastically cut health aid programs. FATMA TANIS, BYLINE: Hi, Adrian. FLORIDO: Tell us about this Ebola…...
Hurricane Katrina had a silver-lining for some: Post-traumatic growth
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (1697+ words) This is the home of NPR's health blog which ran from 2009-2025. For our current health coverage please visit the Health section. Nhu Ngoc Pham with her family on the day she received her doctorate in public health from Tulane University....
20 years later, what Katrina survivors teach us about resilience: Short Wave
7+ mon, 4+ week ago (305+ words) You've probably heard of PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder. But what about its counterpart, post-traumatic growth? "In some ways, the stronger your PTSD, the stronger the traumas that you experience, the more growth you report," says Mary Waters, a sociologist at…...
Surprising lessons from studies about post-Katrina trauma
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (954+ words) Hurricane Katrina caused widespread trauma and dislocation. Researchers who followed survivors to track the mental health impacts of the storm found that while the trauma of Katrina caused elevated levels of mental health symptoms, many of the survivors reported personally…...
In Good Health: Chronic Pelvic Pain In Women: 1 A
4+ hour, 26+ min ago (165+ words) Chronic pelvic and vulvovaginal pain is surprisingly common among women of all ages. In fact, 1 in 3 women will experience a pelvic floor disorder at some point in their lifetimes. So, why is it so difficult to receive diagnosis and treatment…...
More people in the U. S. are going hungry now than did during the pandemic 6 years ago
5+ hour, 34+ min ago (170+ words) More people in the United States are going hungry now than did during the depths of the pandemic six years ago, according to a new survey from the New York Federal Reserve Bank. The New York Fed periodically asks Americans…...