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Climate ChangeSeptember 22, 2020
First Came the Hurricane, Then Came the Campaign of Terror
Climate change made Hurricane Dorian a monster that pummeled the Bahamas’s Haitian minority. Human cruelty made its aftermath brutal. Both could have been prevented.
Sonia Shah
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HistoryJuly 14, 2020
It’s Time to Tell a New Story About the Coronavirus—Our Lives Depend on It
The way we talk about contagion matters. It shapes how societies respond—and whether many of us will survive.
Sonia Shah
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Health and DiseaseMarch 31, 2020
How Trump Is Going to Get Away With a Pandemic
There are lots of ways for the Trump administration to cook the data to hide the extent of the coronavirus outbreak—in fact, it already is doing so.
Sonia Shah
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Health and DiseaseFebruary 18, 2020
Think Exotic Animals Are to Blame for the Coronavirus? Think Again.
Scientists have fingered bats and pangolins as potential sources of the virus, but the real blame lies elsewhere—with human assaults on the environment.
Sonia Shah
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Health and DiseaseAugust 19, 2016
Do the Olympics Actually Make the World Less Healthy?
The Olympics bill themselves as celebrations of physical fitness, but often leave sickness and compromised health systems in their wake.
Sonia Shah
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July 28, 2016
Letters From the August 15-22, 2016, Issue
Suffering in private… An ounce of prevention… Pulsing with love…
Our Readers, Seth Freed Wessler and Sonia Shah
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Science and HealthJune 16, 2016
From Zika to Antibiotic-Resistant Superbugs: Welcome to the New Age of Contagions
Today’s deadly new pathogens aren’t just a scientific challenge, they’re a political one.
Sonia Shah
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Regions and CountriesMarch 17, 2009
Why Africa Doesn’t Want Foreign Aid
Zambian economist Dambisa Moyo argues that aid actually undermines the social and economic fabric of the developing world.
Sonia Shah
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Science and HealthJanuary 27, 2009
Scientists Come Out for Human Rights
After eight years of being sidelined by the Bush administration, many in notoriously apolitical professions are ready to stand up and be counted on the social and ethical implications of their work.
Sonia Shah
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Health and DiseaseMay 19, 2008
FDA Puts Medical Test Subjects in Danger
Research subjects in developing countries–often the poorest, the sickest and with the fewest options–become more vulnerable.
Sonia Shah