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The Harvard University professor of international development is author of “The New Harvest,” a book (free online) in which he makes his case for how…
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One of the northwest’s best kept secrets is a person. He’s Bill Foege, a physician and Northwest native, who recently received the Presidential Medal of…
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By Cyan James, Humanosphere correspondentDespite the potential annoyances—hours spent being screened , frequent health checks, irritating bites, painful…
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President Obama has announced the recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Among the honorees is William Foege. The Vashon Island doctor developed…
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By Claudia Rowe, special correspondentDespite living in a country with one of the best health-care systems in the world, thousands of American girls will…
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By Lisa Stiffler, Humanosphere correspondentHIV, West Nile virus, swine flu, ebola – all are human diseases that are traced to livestock, wild creatures…
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By Lisa Stiffler, Humanosphere correspondentKimberly Choi wound up testing malaria vaccines on mice quite by accident.But in 2006, Choi was encouraged by…
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By Lisa Stiffler, Humanosphere correspondentInes Tucakovic was only a child when she and her family fled the war in their native Bosnia. But her job at…
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What looks like a very boring academic and institutional report, entitled “Ensuring Safe Foods and Medical Products Through Stronger Regulatory Systems…
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This time, the video by Invisible Children is not so much a repeat of their first call to action as a defense of their action.It’s kind of like when the…