health

Afghan women and children sit in front of a bakery waiting for bread donations in Kabul's Old City, Afghanistan, on Sept. 16, 2021.

'It is a catastrophe': Afghans are in desperate need of food, humanitarian aid, refugee worker says

Astrid Sletten, head of the Norwegian Refugee Council’s office in Kabul, spoke to The World’s Carol Hills about the level of need in Afghanistan and what aid organizations are able to deliver in the current environment.

'It is a catastrophe': Afghans are in desperate need of food, humanitarian aid, refugee worker says
Magnified red microbes float among a yellow background

A micro safari through household germs reveals that cleanliness isn’t always a good thing

A micro safari through household germs reveals that cleanliness isn’t always a good thing
Two male and one female internationally trained doctors are listening to a presentation.

Highly trained and educated, some foreign-born doctors still can’t practice medicine in the US

Highly trained and educated, some foreign-born doctors still can’t practice medicine in the US
Woman in bandana leans over jars of green beans with permanent marker, writing on tops

Four months of food aid in Puerto Rico brought too much salt and sugar, say some recipients

Four months of food aid in Puerto Rico brought too much salt and sugar, say some recipients
CA wildfire

After wildfires, health risks linger

After wildfires, health risks linger
A woman gets her pulse checked at Jericho Road Community Health Center, a health center that focuses on culturally sensitive health care for refugees.

Some refugees suffer culture shock — with their health care

For some women from conservative Muslim families, US health care practices can clash with what they are used to.

Some refugees suffer culture shock — with their health care
Men walk by a mural that reads "Get the hell of Liberia, Ebola! And don't come back" in Monrovia, Liberia, April 1, 2016.

Ebola is over. Now the US wants a group of West African immigrants to go home.

They were in the US legally due to a statute offered to people from countries in crisis. Now, their crisis is deemed over, but it's not easy to return home.

Ebola is over. Now the US wants a group of West African immigrants to go home.
Woman stands at front of meeting room with microphone, one man at table raises hand

In Minnesota, a measles outbreak exposes the gaps in public health

An outbreak grabbed the headlines for Somalis in this northern state. But advocates hope it can bring more than just an emergency response.

In Minnesota, a measles outbreak exposes the gaps in public health
The World

Studying splashes to learn more about how disease spreads

In the new Science Friday video “Breakthrough: Connecting the Drops,” Lydia Bourouiba and her team study how droplets travel when we sneeze, or flush the toilet.

Studying splashes to learn more about how disease spreads
Diabetes test

'Implicit bias' may account for a glaring disparity in health care screening

Asian Americans are screened for Type 2 diabetes at lower rates than other groups. Researchers want to know why.

'Implicit bias' may account for a glaring disparity in health care screening

Day Jobs: Unannounced Standardized Patient

Lots of actors moonlight as waiters or baristas to pay the bills. Alex Kramer moonlights as a spy.

Day Jobs: Unannounced Standardized Patient
Colonies of lab-grown E. coli bacteria similar to a strain carrying a gene that makes it resistant to all known antibiotics. Many bacterial pathogens are developing drug resistance due to the widespread misuse of antibiotics.

Think antibiotic-resistant 'super-bugs' are only a distant threat? Think again.

The death of a Nevada woman whose bacterial infection was immune to every available drug in the US is raising new alarms about antibiotic resistance.

Think antibiotic-resistant 'super-bugs' are only a distant threat? Think again.
A pregnant woman in the obstetrics and gynecology ward at Severance Hospital in Seoul

In South Korea, parents are increasingly saying, 'we hope for a girl'

South Korean so preferred having boys that the country had to implement a law requiring doctors to refrain from revealing a baby's gender until late in the second trimester, so as to avoid sex-selective abortions.

In South Korea, parents are increasingly saying, 'we hope for a girl'
A syringe

Are on-demand, at-home blood tests better for our health?

We can now order personal blood tests online — and take them anytime we want. Is that a good thing?

Are on-demand, at-home blood tests better for our health?
Lacing up for a jog.

How games are changing the way we stay fit

Fitness device and app makers are turning to stories, challenges and even our friends to keep us moving .

How games are changing the way we stay fit