Bird Flu Transferred from Human to Human June 30, 2006 • Researchers confirm the human-to-human transmission of avian influenza, though health experts said that there were no signs that the virus had mutated into an easier-to-transmit form. Bird Flu Transferred from Human to Human Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5524915/5524916" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Buffett Promises Fortune to Gates Foundation Gates' Goal Shows High Hopes for Global Health June 27, 2006 • Bill Gates surprised even his closest advisers when he said his dream is to eliminate the world's top 20 diseases in his lifetime. Gates-watchers say it's not naïve over-reaching. The Gateses have an optimistic belief in technology and management that, combined with their resources, could make a difference. Gates' Goal Shows High Hopes for Global Health Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5516257/5516258" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Business Buffett Promises Fortune to Gates Foundation June 27, 2006 • Warren Buffett, the investment guru known as the Oracle of Omaha, now has another title: most generous philanthropist in history. Buffett has pledged to give away $37 billion, with most of it going to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Buffett Promises Fortune to Gates Foundation Q&A: Gates' Growing Public Health Brand June 26, 2006 • The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation now wields a fortune that holds the potential for dramatic change. Two public-health experts examine the attractions and perils of the Gates' role in global health.
National Nation's Capital Urges Wider Testing for HIV June 26, 2006 • Washington, D.C., launches a campaign to urge every resident of the District between ages 14 and 84 to get tested for HIV. The city plans to distribute rapid HIV tests for free to emergency rooms, physicians' offices, community health programs, and more. Nation's Capital Urges Wider Testing for HIV Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5512908/5512909" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Buffett Promises Fortune to Gates Foundation Gates Foundation's Work Targets Global Health June 26, 2006 • Thanks to the pledge of $31 billion in stock from investment guru Warren Buffett, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will soon have far more resources to use in its work to fight diseases around the world. The foundation, which gave out about $1.35 billion in 2005, has had its greatest successes in global health. Gates Foundation's Work Targets Global Health Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5512899/5512900" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Buffett Promises Fortune to Gates Foundation Joining with Gates, Buffett Targets World's Ills June 26, 2006 • Warren Buffett's pledge of $31 billion to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has been long in the making, according to friends of the astute investor from Nebraska. Fortune magazine's Carol J. Loomis says Buffett told her months ago about his plan. Joining with Gates, Buffett Targets World's Ills Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5512896/5512897" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Buffett Promises Fortune to Gates Foundation Buffett Gift Sends $31 Billion to Gates Foundation June 26, 2006 • Warren Buffett, billionaire investor and founder of Berkshire Hathaway, has announced he is donating much of his fortune to charity. Over time, most of Buffett's $44 billion in stock holdings will be given to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Buffett Gift Sends $31 Billion to Gates Foundation Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5512893/5512894" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Buffett Promises Fortune to Gates Foundation Buffett Pledges Billions to Gates Foundation June 26, 2006 • Super stock-picker Warren Buffett pledges stock worth about $37 billion to charitable foundations, including more than $30 billion to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Buffett biographer Roger Lowenstein discusses the move with Madeleine Brand. Buffett Pledges Billions to Gates Foundation Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5511725/5511726" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Health Measles Outbreak Shows Even Vaccinated at Risk June 21, 2006 • A measles outbreak in Boston is showing how the global economy opens opportunities for one of the world's most contagious viruses. Disease detectives say a computer programmer from India brought the virus to Boston's tallest office tower. The outbreak reveals that millions of Americans in their 30s and 40s are vulnerable to measles, even though they were vaccinated years ago. Measles Outbreak Shows Even Vaccinated at Risk Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5500100/5500101" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Global Warming Reading the Poles: Earth's Ice in Jeopardy June 20, 2006 • Ted Scambos has been keeping an anxious eye on Antarctica's massive ice sheets, watching for signs that they could be melting. His colleague Mark Serreze is watching ice at the other pole. They've come up with the same finding: The planet's ice is in jeopardy. Reading the Poles: Earth's Ice in Jeopardy Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5498885/5498886" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Native Communities in Crosshairs of Bird Flu Battle June 16, 2006 • Federal scientists are currently in Alaska to test migratory birds for signs of the avian flu virus. But the bird-flu threat has created a conflict for native Alaskan hunters who rely on birds as a food source. Alaska Public Radio Network reporter Annie Feidt examines how efforts to track the flu virus are affecting remote native communities. Native Communities in Crosshairs of Bird Flu Battle Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5490793/5490795" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Opinion An Up-and-Down Experience on the AIDS Ride June 9, 2006 • This weekend, more than 2,200 riders are expected to arrive in Los Angeles to end a week-long, 585 mile bicycle ride from San Francisco to raise money for AIDS research. Performer and writer Tamara Bick did the AIDS/LifeCycle a couple of years ago, and says it's not just the hills that make it an up-and-down experience -- there are constant reminders of personal struggles with the disease. An Up-and-Down Experience on the AIDS Ride Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5474116/5474117" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Africa Update: Good News in Fight Against AIDS June 6, 2006 • Farai Chiedya talks with NPR special Africa correspondent Charlayne Hunter-Gault about the growing scope of AIDS in Africa, and obstacles to efforts to slow the spread of HIV on the continent. Africa Update: Good News in Fight Against AIDS Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5453860/5453861" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Race New Urban League, NAACP Projects on Tap June 5, 2006 • Ed Gordon talks with Marc Morial, National Urban League president and CEO, and Bruce Gordon, president and CEO of the NAACP. They discuss recent projects their groups are working on, including a college conference for black executives and a new AIDS prevention program. New Urban League, NAACP Projects on Tap Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5451368/5451369" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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