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China Restricts Transportation Out Of Wuhan To Slow Coronavirus Outbreak

Chinese officials have announced they are suspending transportation out of the city of Wuhan to stem the coronavirus outbreak that has sickened at least 500 people, including 17 deaths, in China.

China Restricts Transportation Out Of Wuhan To Slow Coronavirus Outbreak

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Judging The Potential Threat Of The Wuhan Coronavirus

How big a threat is the new coronavirus linked to a pneumonia outbreak in China? Here's what experts will need to answer that question.

Judging The Potential Threat Of The Wuhan Coronavirus

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New Respiratory Virus In China Raises A Lot Of Questions

A troubling new virus that surfaced in the Chinese city of Wuhan last month is raising concerns. Health authorities there say they have identified at least 139 people who've been infected.

New Respiratory Virus In China Raises A Lot Of Questions

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3 U.S. Airports Will Screen Travelers From Chinese City For New Coronavirus

The CDC says the U.S. will start screening passengers traveling from Wuhan, China for symptoms related to a novel virus that's caused an outbreak of pneumonia in that city.

3 U.S. Airports Will Screen Travelers From Chinese City For New Coronavirus

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What Will It Take To Finally End Congo's Ebola Outbreak In 2020?

United Nations peacekeepers stand next to a patient during a visit of the U.N. secretary-general at an Ebola treatment center in Mangina, North Kivu province, last September. Alexis Huguet /AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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What Will It Take To Finally End Congo's Ebola Outbreak In 2020?

As the world's second-worst Ebola outbreak in history drags into a new year, experts think the solution is less about medicine, and more about security.

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Ebola Flares Up Amid Attacks On Health Workers In Congo

The Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo is flaring up again. After several attacks on health workers, responders are still struggling to get back into areas where the disease is spreading.

Ebola Flares Up Amid Attacks On Health Workers In Congo

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Researchers Find A Remarkable Ripple Effect When You Give Cash To Poor Families

Denis Otieno and his daughter plant a cypress sapling purchased with money received from the charity GiveDirectly back in 2017. More recently, the charity teamed up with researchers to study the impact of cash grants on the wider community. Nichole Sobecki for NPR hide caption

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Researchers Find A Remarkable Ripple Effect When You Give Cash To Poor Families

Research suggests the most effective way to help poor people can be to give them no-strings-attached cash. Now a new study finds even neighbors who don't get the aid benefit.

Researchers Find A Remarkable Ripple Effect When You Give Cash To Poor Families

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WHO, UNICEF Evacuate Some Staff In Congolese City Of Beni

After a surge in violence in the Congolese city of Beni, the World Health Organization and UNICEF have decided to temporarily pullout non-essential staff from the Ebola hotspot.

WHO, UNICEF Evacuate Some Staff In Congolese City Of Beni

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Why Cash Aid Distributions Have A Beneficial Ripple Effect

Research suggests the most effective way to help poor people can be to give them no strings attached cash. A new study finds even neighbors who don't get the aid benefit from a big ripple effect.

Why Cash Aid Distributions Have A Beneficial Ripple Effect

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A Sip Of Morphine: Uganda's Old-School Solution To A Shortage Of Painkillers

Ronald Mutyaba, an auto mechanic, at his home in Kampala, Uganda. Mutyaba is HIV positive and has developed Karposi sarcoma, a type of cancer that often affects people with immune deficiencies. He is holding a bottle of the liquid morphine that nurses from the nonprofit group Hospice Africa have prescribed to help control the pain caused by his illlness. Nurith Aizenman/NPR hide caption

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A Sip Of Morphine: Uganda's Old-School Solution To A Shortage Of Painkillers

Uganda is challenging morphine's reputation as an archaic, dangerous drug — and inspiring other African countries to do the same.

A Sip Of Morphine: Uganda's Old-School Solution To A Shortage Of Painkillers

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Uganda Finds A Solution For Painkiller Shortage

There's a massive shortage of painkillers in Africa. But Uganda has come up with a low tech solution: mixing morphine powder with water and providing bottles of it to patients for free.

Uganda Finds A Solution For Painkiller Shortage

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Juul Is Behaving Differently In The Philippines Than In The U.S., Say Activists

A Juul starter kit sold at a kiosk in a mall in Makati City in the Philippines. Carlo Gabuco for NPR hide caption

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Juul Is Behaving Differently In The Philippines Than In The U.S., Say Activists

Even as U.S. authorities investigate Juul for marketing to minors and making unproven safety claims, the company is using those tactics to expand to poorer countries. Case in point: the Philippines.

Juul Is Behaving Differently In The Philippines Than In The U.S., Say Activists

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