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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.
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Outbreaks and Epidemics
August 30, 2019 | The Lancet
Sexual Violence, HIV, and Conflict in South Sudan
As refugees flee conflict in South Sudan, the burden of HIV grows, in part because of rampant sexual violence.
August 30, 2019 | The Lancet
Picturing Health: Health Services in Refugee Camps Are Helping South Sudanese Women Tell Their Stories of Sexual Violence
Health clinics in Ugandan refugee camps provide services to South Sudanese women who have survived sexual violence.
June 27, 2019 | Nature
Nature Podcast: A Special Report from the Democratic Republic of Congo on the Ongoing Ebola Outbreak
Amy Maxmen talks with Nature about the World Health Organization's decision against declaring the DRC's Ebola outbreak an international emergency, and about her visit to an armed Ebola treatment centre.
July 23, 2018 | Science Magazine
A Second Chance
On a remote Melanesian island, a Spanish doctor has revived the 60-year-old quest to eradicate a disfiguring disease
June 26, 2018 | Science Magazine
The Places Where HIV Shows No Sign of Ending, and the Parts of the Human Brain That Are Bigger—In Bigger Brains
Science staff writer Jon Cohen joins podcast host Sarah Crespi to discuss how the fight against HIV/AIDS is evolving in three diverse locations.
June 16, 2018 | PBS NewsHour
Isolation and Stigma Sustain HIV in the South: ‘It’s like we’re on a deserted island’
In the rural South, poverty, prejudice and lack of health care are exacerbating the spread of HIV, making it the epicenter of HIV/AIDS in America.
June 15, 2018 | PBS NewsHour
Why Miami Is the Epicenter of New HIV Cases in the U.S.
The tourist mecca of Miami is also a hotbed of HIV transmission. William Brangham and Jason Kane join Jon Cohen of Science Magazine to look at how and why it’s gotten so bad.
June 14, 2018 | PBS NewsHour
Why Nigeria Has More HIV-Positive Infants Than Anywhere Else
A unique, church-based program is leading the fight against mother-to-child HIV transmission in Nigeria.
June 14, 2018 | Science Magazine
‘We’re in a Mess.’ Why Florida Is Struggling with an Unusually Severe HIV/AIDS Problem
New efforts aim to curb Florida's startlingly high HIV infection rate.
June 13, 2018 | PBS NewsHour
1 Million Russians Are HIV-Positive, but Only a Third Get Treatment
Russia’s HIV epidemic is growing by 10 percent per year, and yet many proven HIV prevention and treatment strategies aren’t being used.
June 12, 2018 | Science Magazine
Nigeria Has More HIV-Infected Babies Than Anywhere in the World. It’s a Distinction No Country Wants
Hundreds of thousands of Nigerian children are living with HIV, even though the worldwide rates of mother-to-child transmission of the virus have plummeted.
The Ebola Outbreak in North Kivu
What happens when Ebola hits in a war zone?
Oriol Mitjà Plans End to Yaws Disease
A young Catalan physician-scientist working on a remote island in Papua New Guinea has single-handedly revived the old quest to eradicate yaws, a disfiguring skin and bone disease.
El Salvador: Sex Ed in the Time of Zika
In El Salvador abortion is illegal, violence against women common, and sex ed extremely limited. Did the Zika virus provide an opportunity for the country to talk about these culturally taboo topics?
Russia: Women Hit Hard by HIV/AIDS
The HIV/AIDS epidemic is at a tipping point in Russia, where an estimated 1-1.5 million people are HIV positive and the Kremlin has long rejected international assistance. Women are being left behind.
Zika’s Lasting Impact on Families in Brazil
Though the Zika outbreak in Brazil has seemingly peaked, its aftermath will be felt by the thousands of families caring for and raising children with Zika-related complications and disabilities.
Outbreak: How Humans Are Driving the Rise of Diseases
The closer the contact the greater the risk humans and animals will pass devastating diseases to each other.
The Re-Emergence of Victorian Diseases in the UK
High levels of poverty and malnutrition in the UK are triggering a re-emergence of related “Victorian” diseases, such as scurvy, rickets and TB—and even cholera and diphtheria. But who is most at risk?
New Frontline in the Battle Against HIV: The Youth of Malawi
As the world sprints to end AIDS, adolescents and young people suffer from HIV in the shadows with girls and young women bearing the brunt in Malawi.
HIV and TB in South Africa, Revisited
According to all the latest reports, South Africa is making major steps in treating and preventing HIV/AIDS. A look at how the lives of women here have changed in the past three years.
Yellow Fever: Zika's Deadly Cousin
How close are we to a yellow fever pandemic?
What's Driving HIV in South Africa?
Young women are at particularly high risk for HIV in parts of sub-Saharan Africa, where about 5,000 of them acquire the disease each week. Is a drug to prevent HIV really the best solution? Amy Maxmen looks at alternative solutions in South Africa.
Turning a Blind Eye on India's HIV Epidemic
More than half of all HIV-positive individuals will experience an eye complication during their lifetime. One such complication is CMV retinitis, which can lead to permanent blindness.
June 25, 2018 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Jon Cohen
Nigeria, Russia, and Florida have each had difficulty mounting a strong response to HIV/AIDS, at a time when neighboring countries or states have made progress in bringing their epidemics to an end.
December 06, 2017 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Mark Johnson
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter Mark Johnson and photojournalist Mark Hoffman traveled to Brazil, Kenya, and Uganda to report on the threat of zoonotic diseases long associated with poverty.
February 10, 2017 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Amy Maxmen in South Africa
Journalist Amy Maxmen traveled to Kwa-Zulu Natal in South Africa, where girls under age 20 are being infected by HIV at alarming rates.
December 06, 2016 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Dara Mohammadi
Pulitzer Center grantee Dara Mohammadi traveled to Colombia to write about Huntington's Disease, an as-yet untreatable genetic disorder.
October 11, 2016 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Misha Friedman on the HIV Crisis in South Africa
Misha Friedman discusses traveleing to Cape Town to report on the human stories behind the statistics of HIV and the tuberculosis epidemic in South Africa.
August 18, 2016 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Ross Velton on "The Ghosts of Leprosy"
Ross Velton discovers how the cure for leprosy came too late for the patients at the Hendala Leprosy Hospital in Sri Lanka.
August 10, 2016 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Leslie Roberts
Leslie Roberts, deputy news editor at Science, traveled to Myanmar, Cambodia, and Thailand to report on emergency efforts to eliminate malaria in the Mekong.
April 07, 2016
The Role of Visual Journalism in Global Health
Grantee David Rochkind explains the role of photographs in adding a human element to science stories.
April 07, 2016
Tracking Aid Money: Engaging with the Work of Amy Maxmen
Grantee Amy Maxmen discusses the similarities and differences between science and journalism.
November 30, 2015 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Carl Gierstorfer
Biologist and filmmaker Carl Gierstorfer shows how Ebola has affected people and communities in Liberia—and changed history.
November 02, 2015 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalists: Jon Cohen and Malcolm Linton
Journalist Jon Cohen and photographer Malcolm Linton report from Tijuana, Mexico, where there is a “micro-hyperepidemic” of HIV/AIDS.
September 04, 2015
Social Justice Day: An Introduction for Educators
A school in Philadelphia takes global issues and makes them local in a unique way.
April 15, 2019 | Project news, Awards
Pulitzer Center Grantees Jon Cohen and Larry Price Win 2019 NIHCM Awards
Cohen and Price were announced as winners of the 2019 NIHCM awards in the Trade Journalism and Digital Media categories respectively.
April 04, 2019 | Education news
Resources for World Health Day 2019
April 7 is World Health Day, focusing this year on universal health coverage. If you want to help students understand the health crises facing their communities and the world as a whole, we have resources for you.
March 19, 2019 | Awards
Pulitzer Center Grantees Jon Cohen and Larry Price Named Finalists for 2019 NIHCM Awards
Cohen and Price were nominated for the 25th Annual Health Care Research and Journalism Awards.
July 31, 2018 | Newsletter
This Week: Escaping Al-Shabab
This week: a teenager adjusts to life after Al-Shabab, Losing Earth premiers shortly, and one man's quest to eradicate a skin disease.
July 23, 2018 | General news, Project news
Science Magazine and PBS NewsHour Exhibition Featured at 2018 International AIDS Conference
A multimedia exhibition of worldwide HIV/AIDS reporting from Science magazine and PBS NewsHour will run from July 23 - July 27, 2018 at the International AIDS Conference.
July 23, 2018 | General news, Project news
Misha Friedman Takes Over Pulitzer Center Instagram
Friedman will showcase reporting from Russia, Nigeria, and the U.S. state of Florida on the struggle to fight HIV/AIDS.
July 02, 2018 | General news
Journalist Anna Nemtsova Discusses HIV/AIDS Crisis in Russia
Moscow-based reporter focuses on women in much of her reporting because she says you can tell a lot about a country and a crisis through their stories.
June 21, 2018 | Newsletter
This Week: Cracking the Indian Patriarchy
A poor school for girls in rural India reshapes the role of women, how Iraq's legal institutions are struggling to give closure to victims, and HIV's hold on Nigeria, Russia, and Florida.
June 15, 2018 | Project news
Pulitzer Center's 'Far from Over' Series Explores Challenges to 'Ending Aids'
A special series supported by the Pulitzer Center for Science magazine and PBS NewsHour.
June 12, 2018 | Newsletter
This Week: How the 'Beyond War' Conference Covered Conflict
This week: Pulitzer Center's recent conference discusses why there's a need to reframe the way conflicts are covered, HIV infection rates remain high despite cures, and children continue to be used as human shields in the C.A.R. militias.
April 25, 2018 | Education news
This Week in Education: Skype a Journalist into Your Classroom
This week: Skype opportunities with international reporters, visually explaining cyber security, and communicating complex global health stories.
April 19, 2018 | Education news
Pulitzer Center and Global Health NOW Partner to Teach Storytelling in Global Health
The Pulitzer Center partners with organizations and universities to teach health practitioners, researchers, and students how to communicate with non-academic audiences.
August 13, 2019 | All Grades
Reading Guide: Quotes, Key Terms, and Questions
This resource includes quotes, key terms/names/historical events, and guiding questions for each of over 30 essays and creative works that compose The 1619 Project.
February 28, 2018 | Elementary, Middle School
Outwitting Nature’s Greatest Killer
Students will use information from a multimedia story to examine and debate different strategies for combating mosquito-transmitted illnesses.
April 06, 2016 | All Grades
The Power of Poetry
In this lesson, students investigate educational resources using diverse media in order to understand how poetry can be used as a means of communication.
February 17, 2016 | High School, College
Tracking Aid Money: Engaging with the work of Amy Maxmen
Students conduct an analysis of Amy Maxmen's Newsweek article, examine how she educates and engages the audience, and explore the differences between this type of writing and academic writing.
January 05, 2016 | All Grades
Canada's Residential Schools: Daniella Zalcman visit prep
In this lesson we'll examine the work of Daniella Zalcman and introduce her project about the legacy of Canada's residential schooling system.
December 18, 2015 | All Grades
News Bite 5: Ebola's Legacy
In this lesson, students will learn about the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, the people who worked to slow the epidemic, and the aftermath the disease has wrought upon the region.
October 10, 2015 | All Grades
"Voices from Haiti" Using Poetry to Speak up for a Cause
This Common Core-aligned lesson helps students explore the Haitian experience through poetry, photography, and music.
July 28, 2015 | High School, College
What should be done about the heroin epidemic in India?
Students will develop a proposal for the Punjab and Kashmir governments in India to help prevent and eventually eliminate the heroin epidemic.