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Global Health
Addressing Hunger and Poverty
May 20, 2005 More than a billion people live in extreme poverty, plagued by diseases such as AIDS and malaria, and without enough fresh water to drink or food to eat. Jeffrey Sachs of the Earth Institute at Columbia University and Lester Brown, founder of the Earth Policy Institute, tell Ira Flatow about meeting the needs of a growing population.Can science and technology play a role?
Medical Errors and Technology
February 4, 2005 In his State of the Union Address, President Bush calls for new technologies in health care, including "improved information technology to prevent medical error and needless costs."