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December 24, 2014 | Scientific American
Sierra Leone's Ebola Dragnet Has Lots of Holes
False reports and a lack of health infrastructure complicate Sierra Leone’s attempt to round up Ebola-positive individuals.
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October 02, 2014 | Scientific American
Mapping Cholera: A Tale of Two Cities
Available to Embed for Free Two cholera outbreaks on two islands, divided by two centuries, offer lessons on how to ameliorate con
November 15, 2013 | Scientific American
Annals of the Malaria War: Legions of Health Workers Launch an Attack
A new approach to malaria may save hundreds of thousands of children, but it requires a network of health workers in countries that lack of money, human resources and organization.
October 23, 2013 | Scientific American
Annals of Mali's Malaria War: Move over Angelina Jolie
Amy Maxmen suggests we change the face of aid in Africa.
October 17, 2013 | Scientific American
Russia's New Empire: Nuclear Power
Russian Reactors for Sale: The federation is aggressively selling reactors all over the world.
September 18, 2012 | Scientific American
To Catch a Falling Core: Lessons of Chernobyl for Russian Nuclear Industry
Chernobyl is a PR headache for Russia's nuclear industry, but a new generation is looking at the bright side of the nuclear disaster.
September 08, 2012 | Scientific American
Breaking the Arctic Ice: Russia's Nuclear Tool
Russia’s rapidly expanding nuclear industry has set it sights on the freezing waters of the Arctic basin, with an ambitious goal to build the world’s largest “universal” nuclear icebreaker.
April 17, 2012 | Scientific American
India: Polio's Last Act
A vexing problem for Indian health authorities: the most widely used polio vaccine now causes more disease than the virus it is supposed to fight.
April 17, 2012 | Scientific American
Beating Polio in India
Pulitzer Center grantee Helen Branswell reports on the tricky transition to a safer polio vaccine in the final stages of eradicating the disease.