World U.N. Declares Rising Food Costs a 'Silent Tsunami' April 23, 2008 • The United Nations World Food Program announced Tuesday that increases in food prices could leave more than 100 million people hungry. The head of the program calls the international crisis a "silent tsunami." A summit Tuesday was aimed at addressing the issue. U.N. Declares Rising Food Costs a 'Silent Tsunami' Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/89871092/89871067" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Environment Sachs Explains 'Economics for a Crowded Planet' April 18, 2008 • Economist Jeffrey Sachs says that the world's population, climate change, poverty and resource use are all closely intertwined. In his book Common Wealth, Sachs discusses the intersection of economics and the environment and argues that humanity must address global problems on a global scale. Sachs Explains 'Economics for a Crowded Planet' Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/89764376/89764362" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Canada Offers Farmers Cash to Kill Surplus Hogs April 17, 2008 • The Canadian government announced that it would pay pork producers about $50 million to kill 150,000 pigs by fall. It's an effort to reduce supply in order to raise the price of pork, to help struggling Canadian hog farmers. Canada Offers Farmers Cash to Kill Surplus Hogs Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/89713037/89712981" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Health Care Taiwan Takes Fast Track to Universal Health Care April 15, 2008 • About 10 years ago, Taiwan created a national health care system from scratch by adopting good ideas from other countries. Patients say they're satisfied and never go into debt for medical care. The government, however, is borrowing to finance the system. Taiwan Takes Fast Track to Universal Health Care Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/89651916/89661636" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Climate Change Tops Agenda for W.H.O. April 7, 2008 • Every year on its birthday, the World Health Organization declares "World Health Day" and highlights one critical issue — this year it's the impact of global warming on health. Climate Change Tops Agenda for W.H.O. Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/89424830/89424790" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Health Health Database Blocked Searches on 'Abortion' April 4, 2008 • POPLINE, the world's largest database on reproductive health, has been blocking the term 'abortion.' It restored the search term after the matter was brought to the attention of database operators at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
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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