Melinda French Gates, billionaire philanthropist and founding father of Pivotal, in Paris in 2021. Since leaving the Invoice and Melinda Gates Basis earlier this yr, French Gates has dedicated $1 billion in direction of ladies and ladies. LUDOVIC MARIN/AFP cover caption toggle caption LUDOVIC MARIN/AFP For many of her grownup life, Melinda French Gates has […]
Abortion abolitionists protest outdoors of an IVF clinic in Texas. Sarah McCammon for NPR conceal caption toggle caption Sarah McCammon for NPR Abortion abolitionists protest outdoors of an IVF clinic in Texas. Sarah McCammon for NPR In the previous few years, greater than a dozen states have enacted legal guidelines that ban nearly all abortions. […]
Kudos to the United Nations for convening a “Summit of the Future.” At this fall’s Basic Meeting, the summit introduced collectively nice minds to debate points that bedevil the world. The summit boldly pledged to contemplate: “peace and safety, sustainable growth, local weather change, digital cooperation, human rights, gender, youth and future generations, and the […]
A examine exhibits that breast most cancers charges are rising dramatically amongst Asian People. Researchers will not be positive why, however this group is catching up with charges amongst white ladies. MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: The variety of ladies dying of breast most cancers has fallen dramatically over the previous three many years, and that’s […]
A U.S. Customs and Border Safety agent checks pedestrians’ documentation on the San Ysidro Port of Entry in San Ysidro, California. A rising variety of consultants imagine the move of lethal avenue fentanyl from Mexico into the U.S. has been disrupted, contributing to a drop in deadly overdoses. Sandy Huffaker/AFP/Getty Pictures conceal caption toggle caption […]
This image exhibits a unit devoted to the manufacturing of insulin pens on the manufacturing facility of the U.S. pharmaceutical firm Eli Lilly in Fegersheim, France, on Oct. 12, 2015. Frederick Florin/AFP through Getty Pictures conceal caption toggle caption Frederick Florin/AFP through Getty Pictures Hundreds of thousands of individuals with diabetes want insulin to outlive. […]
A brand new examine finds greater than 3,000 chemical compounds utilized in meals packaging are moving into individuals’s our bodies. Some — together with BPA, phthalates and PFAS — have clear well being considerations; others are unstudied. STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Another information – a examine simply discovered greater than 3,000 chemical compounds in meals packaging […]