Global Health

Jerome Jarre wanted to raise $1 million, buy 60 tons of food and get Turkish Airlines to fly it in for free. How's he doing?

That's a problem in Bangladesh, where pit latrines have brought rates of open defecation down — but led to the dumping of 'fecal sludge' in waterways. A new study proposes a possible solution.

Move over Japanese women. You've been dethroned as the population with the healthiest hearts. This group of people can fight off heart disease even into their 80s. What's their secret?

The government wanted to change uniforms for schoolgirls so they'd be longer — making it harder to run or play sports. Women pushed back.

A Swedish billionaire wants you to think of a better way to run the world — and get rid of problems like violence and extreme poverty.

A pandemic is likely to crop up in the next few decades, many scientists predict. To help readers prepare, NPR created its first-ever Pandemic Preparedness Kit. But it's not your traditional kit.

What questions do you have about the toll that climate change is taking — and about possible solutions?

Because what mammal can take down a rodent that sniffs out land mines as well as TB — and jumps 5 feet in the air? Surely not tonight's competitor, the maned wolf.

The fiscal plan "puts America first" by slashing funds from many (but not all) global health and development programs.