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April 01, 2020 | Science Magazine
Should Pets Be Tested for Coronavirus?
Pet testing gains interest after three dogs tested positive for coronavirus.
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April 01, 2020 | Science Magazine
Speed Coronavirus Vaccine Testing by Deliberately Infecting Volunteers? Not So Fast, Some Scientists Warn
A provocative, ethically complicated proposal to speed up coronavirus vaccine development is gaining traction.
March 30, 2020 | Science Magazine
Can China Return to Normalcy While Keeping the Coronavirus in Check?
Public health officials worldwide are watching closely as China addresses COVID-19.
October 31, 2019 | Pulitzer Center
Treating Dementia in Japan: How a Mushroom and a Community Work Together
Dementia is proving more prevalent in the world around us. Japan has been dealing with this crisis for the past decade and has turned to its community and agriculture for answers.
September 14, 2019 | Associated Press
How a Clean-Cut Eagle Scout Became a Fentanyl Drug Lord
Aaron Shamo made himself a millionaire by building a fentanyl trafficking empire with not much more than his computer and the help of a few friends.
September 11, 2019 | Nature
Exclusive: Behind the Front Lines of the Ebola Wars
How the World Health Organization is battling bullets, politics and a deadly virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
August 17, 2019 | Field Notes
Russian Boarding House: Elena
Elena and her son stay at the hospital before handing the child over to an orphanage. Elena would like to leave her son there until she finds a job.
August 17, 2019 | Field Notes
Russian Boarding House: New Year's Party
The New Year's party organized for patients of the "female" psycho-neurological boarding house is receiving guests—patients from the "male" psycho-neurological boarding house.
July 31, 2019 | Field Notes
Scrutinizing CRISPR Studies in the Wake of Gene-Edited Babies
Grantee Jon Cohen writes about his encounters with Wu Shixiu, an oncologist running a trial of a CRISPR-related esophageal cancer treatment in Hangzhou.
July 29, 2019 | Pulitzer Center
‘My Ears Keep Ringing All the Time’: Mercury Poisoning Among Grassy Narrows First Nation
Since the 1970s, a First Nations community in Ontario has suffered from symptoms of mercury poisoning. With promises made and broken, they continue to petition the Canadian government for relief.
July 24, 2019 | Nature
Science Under Fire: Ebola Researchers Fight to Test Drugs and Vaccines in a War Zone
Violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has interrupted clinical trials to treat Ebola and forced scientists to change how they immunize people.
July 10, 2019 | Pulitzer Center
A Kidney for Eliécer
As the Venezuelan healthcare crisis worsens, children in need of an organ transplant are amongst the most affected. Eliécer Aguiar (12) waits for a kidney trasplant he needs to survive.
The Life Equation
Big Data is coming to global health. But who should decide who lives and dies: Doctors on the front lines or a mathematical formula?
Ebola Survivors
As Liberia grapples to care for thousands of Ebola survivors, scientists strive to understand post-Ebola syndrome.
Ending AIDS
An on-the-ground look at efforts in Africa and the United States to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
Poland: Coal’s Deadly Toll
Poland gets 90 percent of its power and much of its heat by burning coal, one of the dirtiest of fuels. The consequences for Poles' health are severe, and one polluted city is now pushing back
Health and Obesity in the UK
Half the population of the United Kingdom may be obese by 2050. What are the causes and what is being done?
Tasmania's Opioid Farms
Farmers in the Australian state of Tasmania raise a majority of the world’s legal pharmaceutical opiates. Is the lucrative poppy crop easing global pain or fueling an epidemic?
Cervical Cancer in Uganda
In the U.S., the HPV vaccine and regular pap smears have almost stopped the pervasiveness of cervical cancer in its tracks. In Uganda, however, cervical cancer is the most fatal cancer for women.
Climate Change and Mental Health
Climate change has already destroyed homes and crops. But what is it doing to mental health?
Liberia: Building a Mental Health Infrastructure
Years after the end of brutal, decades-long civil war, Liberia has little in terms of a mental health infrastructure. But the need is great, and progress is painstakingly slow
Cause and Effects of the Increase of Non-communicable Diseases in India
Non-communicable diseases cause 63 percent of deaths worldwide. In India, diabetes, heart attacks and cancer are on the rise across all strata of society.
Nepal’s Dental Crisis and an Unlikely Hero
For 10 years, Laura Spero has provided badly needed dental care for 18,000 Nepalis, with the financial help of her childhood hometown, Bethesda, Md. The program is growing, but can it survive?
Condemned: Mental Health in Liberia and Sierra Leone
The wars in Liberia and Sierra Leone have been over for a decade but the psychological scars linger. To be mentally ill in these countries is to be condemned.
August 04, 2013 | Meet the Journalist
Jennifer Miller Talks about Nepal's Dental Crisis
Journalist Jennifer Miller talks about her cover story for The Washington Post Magazine.
March 18, 2012 | Meet the Journalist
Joanne Silberner: Treating Cancer in Developing Countries
Many believe that cancer is a rich nations' disease, but Pulitzer Center grantee Joanne Silberner discusses what she's learned reporting from Haiti, Uganda and India.
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February 21, 2018 | General news
Medill's Washington Newsroom Screens Pat Nabong's Film on Impact of Duterte's Drug War
Medill's Washington Newsroom screens student fellow Pat Nabong's film on the psychological toll of Duterte's drug wars in the Philippines.
December 11, 2017 | Education news
Washington University Film Fest Features Pulitzer Grantees
The festival screened five Pulitzer-sponsored films, which centered on public health challenges faced by migrants and refufees across the globe.
October 06, 2017 | Project news, Awards
"The End of AIDS?" Wins an Emmy
Another big win PBS NewsHour, Science, and the Pulitzer Center, for "The End of AIDS?" Finding new ways to tell stories that matter on issues that affect us all.
September 14, 2017 | Project news
Pulitzer Center Grantees Take Home Top National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Honors
The team that made "To End AIDS?" received a 2017 Communication Award from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
September 10, 2017 | General news, Education news
'Life Equation' Screening at Missouri School of Journalism-Pulitzer Center Inaugural Event
Filmmaker Rob Tinworth provokes debate on global health priorities during visit to Missouri School of Journalism, one of our newest Campus Consortium partners.
July 28, 2017 | General news, Education news
Boston University Student Reporting Fellows Learn the Ropes
Fellows spent time in Washington, D.C. preparing for their international reporting projects and learning from Pulitzer Center staff and professional journalists.
July 27, 2017 | Awards
Another Win for "The End of AIDS?"
Pulitzer Center-supported PBS NewsHour series wins a 2017 Communication Award from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
July 26, 2017 | Awards
News & Documentary Emmy Nomination for 'The End of AIDS?'
The six-part PBS NewsHour series evaluates the state of the global HIV/AIDS epidemic, asking whether we can soon end the disease.
July 13, 2017 | General news
Senior Editor Tom Hundley and Grantee Sim Chi Yin Interviewed by PDN About Photojournalism Ethics
What are a photojournalist's ethical responsibilities? Tom Hundley and Sim Chi Yin talk to Photo District News.
June 14, 2017 | General news, Awards
Grantees Make the Shortlist for One World Media Awards
Two Pulitzer Center-supported projects nominated and seven grantees shortlisted for 2017 One World Media Awards for international journalism and media coverage of global issues.
June 09, 2017 | General news
Gender Lens: Sustainable Solutions in Global Health
"Global Health" panelists discussed current initiatives, the future of public health, funding, and the importance of giving communities a voice in their own treatment.
June 08, 2017 | General news
Pulitzer Center Gender Lens Conference Through Snapchat
The 2017 Gender Lens Conference was documented on multiple social media platforms, including Snapchat. Take a look inside of the conference's "Snap Story."
June 20, 2015 | All Grades
The Impact of 'Polish Gold'
Students will learn about the effects of burning coal in Poland and apply their analyses of the articles to create a presentation that they feel will best support advocacy for coal regulation.
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