Science & Global Health

  • I work in global health. Trump ditching WHO is the wake-up call it needs

    Trump gets a lot right about the WHO’s failures. But it still is an essential agency.

    Feb 17, 2025 | Vox

  • An Ebola-like virus is spreading in Rwanda

    The outbreak offers a critical opportunity to test new vaccines and treatments.

    Oct 4, 2024 | Vox

  • An alternative to antibiotics could work wonders in Africa. It isn't being used.

    Bacteria-eating viruses can cure drug-resistant infections where new treatments are most needed.

    Oct 1, 2024 | Vox

  • Antibiotics are failing. The US has a plan to launch a research renaissance.

    Drug-resistant infections are becoming more common. The PASTEUR Act aims to revive the stagnant antibiotic development industry.

    Aug 16, 2024 | Vox

  • Mpox outbreaks never ended in Africa. Now a deadlier strain is spreading.

    African health officials have declared mpox a continent-wide public health emergency amid resurging outbreaks.

    Aug 13, 2024 | Vox

  • Africa is beating HIV. But the rest of the world is falling behind.

    For the first time since 1981 when HIV emerged, the majority of new infections occurred outside of sub-Saharan Africa.

    Jul 31, 2024 | Vox

  • Why aren’t we vaccinating birds against bird flu?

    Effective bird flu vaccines for poultry have existed for years, but the US has yet to adopt vaccination as a disease control strategy for bird flu.

    May 14, 2024 | Vox

  • Every year, tuberculosis kills over a million people. Can a new vaccine turn the tide?

    For the first time, promising new vaccines are in the pipeline and may help prevent TB in adolescents and adults.

    Apr 14, 2024 | Vox

  • Gorillas in Their Midst

    In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, community-led conservation has emerged from the chaos of war.

    Nov 22, 2023 | bioGraphic

  • Viruses could be an unlikely ally in battling antibiotic-resistant bacteria

    Experimental phage therapy offers a lifeline when antibiotics no longer work. Prostate infection survivor Gregory Breed is proof.

    Oct 12, 2023 | Popular Science

  • Are cures for some of the world’s deadliest diseases hiding in our sewers?

    Scientists are turning to a surprising ally in the battle against drug-resistant bacteria: A special type of virus found in our most polluted places.

    Dec 16, 2022 | National Geographic

  • Saving the Dragon’s Blood

    Despite a range of threats, Socotra's iconic trees are staging a slow, patient comeback.

    Oct 12, 2022 | bioGraphic

    Reprinted by The Guardian

  • Widely Available AI Could Have Deadly Consequences

    US researchers’ “Dr. Evil project” proves drug discovery AI could be used to create biochemical weapons.

    May 17, 2022 | Wired

  • The controversial quest to make a 'contagious' vaccine

    Imagine a cure that’s as contagious as the disease it fights.

    Mar 18, 2022 | National Geographic

  • Lose yourself: How transcendent experiences can boost your well-being

    Mounting evidence suggests that self-transcendent experiences make people happier, less stressed and even kinder to others.

    Mar 2, 2022 | The New Scientist

  • Your next vaccine could be grown in a tobacco plant

    Long-awaited plant-based vaccine technology could help COVID-19 shots reach developing countries.

    July 7, 2021 | National Geographic

World News

  • We’re in a new era of conflict and crisis. Can humanitarian aid keep up?

    A sharp uptick in global crises has displaced an unprecedented number of people, straining an already underfunded global aid system.

    June 12, 2024 | Vox

  • New battlefronts in Sudan could unleash ethnic violence and genocide.

    Warring parties are waging a deadly battle for control of El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur and one of the last safe havens for civilians.

    June 10, 2024 | Vox

  • ‘It’s becoming a war zone’: Tanzania’s Maasai speak out on ‘forced’ removals

    Communities in Ngorongoro say government is shutting down vital services to remove them from ancestral lands to expand lucrative game reserves.

    Jan 16, 2023 | The Guardian

  • The village that stood up to big oil – and won

    The fossil fuel industry faces a reckoning in the Niger Delta after a disaster left families ‘eating, drinking, breathing the oil.’

    June 1, 2022 | The Guardian

  • Sexual violence pervasive in Cameroon’s Anglophone regions

    Women speak of pervasive fear of sexual assault and violence perpetrated by armed separatists, military personnel and civilians.

    Apr 29, 2021 | Al Jazeera

  • Violence in Cameroon’s Anglophone crisis takes high civilian toll

    Experts warn country on verge of backsliding to ‘fragile state’ status, as conflict between Anglophone separatists and government forces increasingly affecting civilians.

    Apr 1, 2021 | Al Jazeera

  • Violence and obstruction: Cameroon’s deepening aid crisis

    Humanitarian organisations are struggling to keep pace as conflict between the government and pro-independence groups escalates.

    Mar 18, 2020 | The New Humanitarian

  • How an ‘execution-style’ massacre unfolded in Cameroon

    The 14 February attack in Ngarbuh village left at least 21 civilians dead, including 13 children, according to more than a dozen eyewitnesses.

    Mar 3, 2020 | The New Humanitarian

  • Cameroon’s intensifying conflict

    Cameroonian government forces and rival anglophone separatists have stepped up arrests, abductions, and deadly attacks.

    Feb 6, 2020 | The New Humanitarian