Environment Garbage Mass Is Growing in the Pacific March 26, 2008 • Plastic debris is being swept by Pacific currents into a somewhat stagnant area of ocean between Hawaii and Los Angeles, resulting in polluted area nearly twice the size of Texas that's growing every year. Garbage Mass Is Growing in the Pacific Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/89099470/89099429" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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WHO Reports Polio Eradicated in Somalia March 26, 2008 • The World Health Organization says a massive vaccination campaign has eliminated polio in Somalia. But with war, drought and food shortages bringing on a catastrophic humanitarian crisis there, polio "could absolutely return," one doctor says. WHO Reports Polio Eradicated in Somalia Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/89100016/89099991" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Better Tests Needed to Control Tuberculosis March 26, 2008 • The World Health Organization reports a slowdown in progress against tuberculosis. In some countries, the disease is coming back. In others, it is taking on new and more deadly forms. And in poor countries, many people don't find out that they have TB until it's too late to treat them — and too late to protect others from infection. Better Tests Needed to Control Tuberculosis Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/89100013/89099990" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Fresh Water Out of Reach for Many Worldwide March 21, 2008 • March 22nd is annual World Water Day, a tradition started by the United Nations in the early 1990s. "Every 20 seconds," says UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, "A child dies as a result of the abysmal sanitation conditions endured by some 2.6 billion people globally." Fresh Water Out of Reach for Many Worldwide Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/88748664/88748660" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Pandemic Flu Simulations Model Outbreak March 14, 2008 • A team of scientists used three different computer models to examine how a pandemic influenza outbreak might travel through a city similar in size to Chicago. What can simulations of a flu outbreak teach us about how to better respond to a real-world pandemic? Pandemic Flu Simulations Model Outbreak Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/88239842/88239834" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Research News Study: Native Americans Can Trace DNA to 6 Women March 14, 2008 • Nearly all Native Americans can trace part of their ancestry to just six women, whose descendants immigrated to North, Central and South America as much as 20,000 years ago, according to a new DNA study. Researchers believe the women left a DNA legacy that can be found in about 95 percent of native people throughout the Americas.
Health Startling New Evidence Cancer Is Contagious March 12, 2008 • Scientists studying tumors in Tasmanian devils and dogs have found evidence some cancer cells are being passed between animals through physical contact such as sex or biting. Science reporter and author David Quammen puts the findings in context. Startling New Evidence Cancer Is Contagious Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/88131574/88131517" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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U.S. Doctor Aids North Korea's Afflicted March 10, 2008 • Dr. Stephen Linton has made it his life's work to bring medicine and supplies to North Koreans suffering from Tuberculosis. Linton explains his work and why he's devoted to helping the region's afflicted, despite sensitive U.S.-North Korea relations. U.S. Doctor Aids North Korea's Afflicted Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/88034666/88034654" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Health Care Blood-Free Transplants for Jehovah's Witnesses February 28, 2008 • Dr. Michael Lill of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center has developed an unusual program. His technique enable patients who are Jehovah's Witnesses to receive bone marrow transplant without the blood transfusions their religion prohibits. Blood-Free Transplants for Jehovah's Witnesses Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/87766875/87766849" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Health Care Global Health Bill Highlights Ideological Divide February 27, 2008 • A global health aid package worth tens of billions of dollars is being debated in the House of Representatives this week. Among the items under consideration is whether to integrate money for family planning into AIDS prevention efforts. Global Health Bill Highlights Ideological Divide Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/54923288/54905288" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Signs Lessons from America's Tropical Epidemic February 26, 2008 • In 1878, an outbreak of yellow fever crippled Memphis, Tenn., fueled by unusually warm temperatures. America's yellow fever epidemic has again become relevant, as a case study of how warm temperatures shift disease trends. Lessons from America's Tropical Epidemic Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/19241319/19357310" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Solutions New Roads in the Amazon May Deliver Disease February 25, 2008 • Cutting down forests in the Amazon destroys a natural means of absorbing carbon dioxide. But new roads in the jungle also create new pools of standing water — ideal breeding grounds for malaria-carrying mosquitoes. New Roads in the Amazon May Deliver Disease Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/19276850/19333941" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Adaptation Watching Peru's Oceans for Cholera Cues February 25, 2008 • Warming oceans were behind Peru's cholera outbreaks in the 1990s, and global warming may cause future outbreaks. Some scientists in Peru are closely watching microscopic marine life, hoping to catch an outbreak before it begins. Watching Peru's Oceans for Cholera Cues Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/19344123/19346622" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Mapping 'Hot Spots' for Emerging Diseases February 22, 2008 • Outbreaks of emerging infectious diseases such as Ebola, SARS, HIV and avian influenza are on the rise, researchers report in the journal Nature. They say that areas in which humans and animals come in very close contact are a key grounds for emerging diseases. Mapping 'Hot Spots' for Emerging Diseases Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/19279813/19279807" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Research News Study Finds Emerging Diseases on Rise February 21, 2008 • Scientists analyzed 335 diseases that emerged between 1940 and 2004, and found the rate of new infectious diseases is increasing. More than half of the diseases jumped from animals to humans. Study Finds Emerging Diseases on Rise Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/19226040/19226387" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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