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News Articles: Goats and Soda

Bonobos (pictured) and chimpanzees are our closest relatives. A new study looks at how a community of bonobos behave when they encounter a different group of bonobos. It's markedly different from the way chimps treat strangers.

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  • Animals

Unlike chimps, bonobos offer hope that maybe we can all get along

Chimps are notorious for hostility toward chimps from another group. Is that part of the human makeup as well? A new study of bonobos, our other closest relative, offers a more cooperative vision.

November 16, 2023
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By:
  • Ari Daniel
A doctor checks chest x-rays of a tuberculosis patient at a clinic in Mumbai, India, that treats those with drug-resistant strains of the disease. The World Health Organization has called for the eradication of this ancient and deadly infectious disease.

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  • Global Health

WHO says we can 'write the final chapter in the story of TB.' How close are we?

The pandemic brought notable setbacks in the effort to eradicate tuberculosis, which is likely to regain its notorious title of deadliest infectious disease in 2023. But there are signs of progress.

November 16, 2023
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By:
  • Fran Kritz
Dr. Matthew Harris visits the primary health-care center where he worked in Brazil 20 years ago. The author of <em>Decolonizing Healthcare Innovation: Low-Cost Solutions from Low-Income Countries</em> says: "I really think that if people had been more receptive to learning from Brazil 20 years ago, we could have had an army of community health workers in [the U.K.] by now."

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  • Global Health

What the Global South could teach rich countries about health care — if they'd listen

In his book Decolonizing Healthcare Innovation, Dr. Matthew Harris argues wealthy countries ought to pay attention to innovative programs around the world instead of believing that "the West is best."

November 13, 2023
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By:
  • Kamala Thiagarajan
Jose Grajeda and daughter, Victoria. <strong>"</strong>If I wanted to go to sleep as a child, I would go cuddle with my mom and she would give me <em>piojito</em>," he says — Spanish for "little lice." The late Peruvian linguist Martha Hidlebrandt described <em>piojito</em> as "gently scratching the scalp of a child as if he were being relieved of the itching of imaginary lice" — hence the name.

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  • Global Health

You don't need words to calm a grumpy kid. Parents around the world use a magic touch

Modern parents are told to TALK with an agitated kid to improve their mood. But in many cultures, mom and dad opt for a soothing caress to induce tranquility. Neurologists explain why it works.

November 12, 2023
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By:
  • Michaeleen Doucleff
Grandfather and granddaughter outside the family ger — or yurt. A study of Mongolians studied living in gers showed higher rates of satisfaction than those living in urban housing, a finding the authors relate to the Mongolian emphasis on nature and freedom.

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  • Global Health

What makes Mongolia the world's most 'socially connected' place? Maybe it's #yurtlife

A Gallup survey ranks countries based on degree of "social connectedness" people feel with friends, family, neighbors, colleagues, even strangers. We asked Mongolians why they think they top the list.

November 11, 2023
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By:
  • Katya Cengel
A girl looks on as she stands by the rubble outside a building hit by Israeli bombardment in the southern Gaza Strip on October 31, 2023. Children in Gaza have been exposed to high levels of violence even before the current war, researchers say, increasing their risk of mental health challenges.

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  • Global Health

How a history of trauma is affecting the children of Gaza

Even before the current war, researchers documented the impact of conflict on children in Gaza. Now they worry that kids who are trapped on the battlefield face long-term impacts on mental health.

November 10, 2023
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By:
  • Rhitu Chatterjee

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  • Middle East

Satellite images show Israeli forces hold ground around Gaza City's water facilities

Israeli forces control the area around a desalination facility and a sewage treatment plant, and troops appear to be stationed in several schools in Gaza City.

November 10, 2023
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By:
  • Geoff Brumfiel,
  • Alyson Hurt,
  • and 1 more
Lice have irked humans for many centuries. In this 1497 woodcut printed in Strasburg, Germany, a man is de-loused.

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  • Global Health

Lice DNA is a revealing textbook of human history

A new study shows how the annoying little louse has hitchhiked around the world with humans and has much to teach us about history.

November 10, 2023
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By:
  • Ari Daniel
The above illustration depicts a molecular model for a carbapenem drug. The carbapenem group of antibiotics is the last resort for antibiotic-resistant infections and is approved for children.  But carbapenems are not widely used because they're expensive, they're administered by IV — and doctors are concerned that bacteria could develop resistance to these antibiotics.

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  • Global Health

Antibiotics that fight deadly infections in babies are losing their power

New research finds that the most commonly prescribed antibiotics in Southeast Asia are only 50% effective at treating sepsis and meningitis in newborns. It's a cause for global concern.

November 07, 2023
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By:
  • Max Barnhart and
  • Regina G. Barber
They have suffered great pain but not lost their compassion. Clockwise from top left: Dr. Lina Qasem Hassan, a Palestinian citizen of Israel whose relative in Gaza, an ambulance driver, died in an airstrike; Robi Damelin, whose son was killed by a Palestinian sniper; Yousef Bashir, who as a teen was shot by an Israeli soldier in Gaza; Maoz Inon, whose parents died in the Hamas attack of Oct. 7.

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  • Middle East

The Israel-Hamas war has not quashed their compassion, their empathy, their hope

They're from Israel and Gaza. A man whose parents died on Oct. 7 feels as if he is swimming in an sea of sorrow. A young man has a soldier's bullet lodged in his spine. Yet they have not lost hope.

November 07, 2023
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By:
  • Ari Daniel
Sand flies carry the protozoan parasites that spread leishmaniasis. It was thought to be a disease of tropical climates, but leishmaniasis-causing parasites have now been found living and circulating in the United States.

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  • Global Health

A 'tropical disease' carried by sand flies is confirmed in a new country: the U.S.

Leishmaniasis, a disease spread by a parasite carried by sand flies, is generally considered a tropical disease. Now, thanks to climate change, new research finds it's endemic to the United States.

November 01, 2023
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By:
  • Max Barnhart
GPB News NPR

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  • Global Health

How the U.S. gun violence death rate compares with the rest of the world

The grim news of the mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine — and a spate of shootings over the weekend — has again cast a spotlight on the gun violence death rate in the U.S..

October 31, 2023
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By:
  • Nurith Aizenman

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  • Books

What is a walking school bus? Hint: It has no tires but lots of feet and lots of soul

So what is a walking school bus? A new children's book set in South Africa tells the story of some intrepid youngsters who figured out a way to stay safe during their long walk to class.

October 31, 2023
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By:
  • Vicky Hallett
This former NPR intern shows off our mosquito costume. He'd no doubt rather bite into candy corn than a human arm.

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  • Global Health

On Halloween, here's how to dress up as earth's scariest critter — with minimal prep

It's not a shark. It's not a lion. It's not a snake. And all you'll need is some pipe cleaners, sunglasses and gossamer wings.

October 28, 2023
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By:
  • Susan Brink
This newborn at Gaza's Nasser Hospital was delivered after their mother was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Oct. 24. The doctor said the baby is now in stable condition.

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  • Global Health

Giving birth amid Gaza's devastation is traumatic, but babies continue to be born

As the Israel-Hamas war continues, hospitals in Gaza are crowded and chaotic. Pregnant women face awful conditions: An emergency C-section may be conducted by the light from mobile phones.

October 27, 2023
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  • Elissa Nadworny ,
  • Anas Baba,
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