Health
C-Sections on the Rise Despite Concerns from Health Experts
Caesarean sections are becoming more common even in poor countries.
Life Saving Cooperation in the Gaza Strip
Odai al-Kafarna, a baby from Gaza will die without life-saving heart surgery from an Israeli hospital.
CIA ‘Ran Fake Vaccine Program’ to Get Bin Laden
According to The Guardian, the CIA recruited local doctor to organize the drive.
What Indonesian Health Officials Aren’t Doing to Combat Smoking
In Indonesia cigarettes are an important part of social life.
The Eradication of Rinderpest
Rinderpest, which was a devastating plague of cattle and other animals, has been declared eradicated.
Forum: How to Kill a Killer Disease
The first and only human disease to be eradicated was smallpox. Epidemiologist William Foege helped lead the campaign and has written a new book about it called “House on Fire: The Fight to Eradicate Smallpox.” The World’s Lisa Mullins speaks with Foege. Foege will also take listener questions in the latest Science Forum discussion.
South Korea’s ‘Coffin Academy’
An unusual attempt to turn South Korea’s high suicide rate around by ‘getting close to death.’
E. Coli Outbreak: Source Still A Mystery
With customers scared of E. coli, vegetable vendors in Germany are having trouble selling their produce.
Sanitation Solution Wins Innovation Prize
A group of MIT business students’ plan to help solve the global sanitation crisis by converting human waste into energy, fertilizer and profit wins $100,000 entrepreneurship award.
Waste Not: Composting Toilets in Haiti
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The World’s Amy Bracken reports from Haiti on efforts to use composting toilets to address a host of public health and environmental problems. The story is the third part of this week’s Toilet Tales series. Download MP3
Spain to Sue Germany over E. Coli Allegations
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German researchers are still trying to identify the source of a deadly E. coli outbreak after Spanish cucumbers were found not to have the lethal strain. The E. coli strain has killed 16 people in Germany and Sweden so far. Spain is threatening legal action after its growers were forced to destroy tonnes of freshly harvested vegetables. Gerry Hadden has more. Download MP3
An Indian Toilet Museum’s Public Health Mission
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The World’s Rhitu Chatterjee reports on a small museum in New Delhi that is at the center of an effort to improve sanitation for the 600 million Indians without access to modern toilets. Download MP3
Toilet Tales: Water and Waste
The humble flush toilet is a technological wonder that carries our waste safely away from our homes and workplaces. Yet roughly 2.5 billion people don’t have access to decent sanitation. And even for those who do, the toilet is an imperfect solution that often creates problems of its own. The World’s special five-part series “Toilet Tales” examines efforts to solve those problems around the world, from China to India to Haiti to Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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E.Coli Worries in Germany
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Anchor Lisa Mullins talks to science reporter Jörg Blech, who writes for the German weekly “Der Spiegel,” about the outbreak of E.Coli infections in Germany. Download MP3
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