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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.
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Outbreaks and Epidemics
March 29, 2020 | Science Magazine
Iran Confronts Coronavirus Amid a ‘Battle Between Science and Conspiracy Theories’
In Iran, the fight against the coronavirus is complicated by two other battles: the weight of US-imposed sanctions and the spread of misinformation.
March 28, 2020 | Science Magazine
Would Everyone Wearing Face Masks Help Us Slow the Pandemic?
Health authorities in parts of Asia have encouraged all citizens to wear masks in public to prevent the spread of the virus.
March 27, 2020 | Science Magazine
Not Wearing Masks to Protect Against Coronavirus Is a ‘Big Mistake,’ Top Chinese Scientist Says
George Gao oversees 2,000 employees as the director-general of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
March 27, 2020 | Science Magazine
New Coronavirus Leaves Pregnant Women With Wrenching Choices—but Little Data to Guide Them
More than 200 million pregnant women around the world are potentially at risk of infection with the new virus.
March 27, 2020 | Science Magazine
How Sick Will the Coronavirus Make You? The Answer May Be in Your Genes
Researchers are now gearing up to scour the patients’ genomes for DNA variations that explain this mystery.
March 27, 2020 | Science Magazine
Mathematics of Life and Death: How Disease Models Shape National Shutdowns and Other Pandemic Policies
COVID-19 isn’t the first infectious disease scientists have modeled—Ebola and Zika are recent examples—but never has so much depended on their work.
March 16, 2020 | The Guardian | Global Development
‘It Became Part of Life’: How Haiti Curbed Cholera
When cholera broke out just months after a devastating earthquake, Haiti’s health system was pushed to the brink. The extraordinary rearguard action that followed offers an object lesson in dealing with a public health crisis.
September 26, 2019 | STAT
A Devastating Illness Rocked Uganda, Then Disappeared. Disabled Children — and a Mystery — Remain
Children in Northern Uganda were hit by a devastating illness that mysteriously disappeared, leaving victims with severe developmental disabilities and psychiatric disturbances.
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 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.
The Science of COVID-19
Veteran public health journalists from Science magazine explore what science knows—and is learning—about the burgeoning pandemic.
End of Times for Malaysia's Batek?
A mysterious illness has taken the lives of 15 out of 180 members of a clan of Malaysia’s last hunter gatherers, the Batek.
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?
November 25, 2019 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Esther Ruth Mbabazi
Esther Ruth Mbabazi discusses her reporting project on "Nodding Syndrome," a neurological condition affecting over 2100 children in Northern Uganda.
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.
March 26, 2020 | Awards
Pulitzer Center Grantees Win Award for Excellence in Health Care Journalism
The Awards for Excellence in Health Care Journalism recognize the best health reporting in print, broadcast and online media.
March 20, 2020 | General news, Education news
COVID-19: Lessons From Pulitzer Center Health Reporting
A look at Pulitzer Center health reporting and what lessons it offers for the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
February 20, 2020 | General news, Education news
Pulitzer Fellow Patrick Ammerman Interviewed on Covering Venezuelan Migration in Penn Today
Penn Today highlights Reporting Fellow Patrick Ammerman's work investigating the refugee crisis at the Venezuela-Colombia border and the associated public health crisis and economic inequities.
November 22, 2019 | Awards
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Honors "A Second Chance"
Grantees Martin Enserink and Brian Cassey won the annual ASTMH Communications Award.
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.
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.