How a vaccine scare caused polio to re-emerge in the Philippines after 19 years Joanne Lu October 15, 2019 Nineteen years after polio was officially eradicated in the Philippines, the incurable disease has made a resurgence due to widespread fears about vaccines. On September 14, health officials in the Philippin...
The Safest Countries in the World, Ranked According to the United Nations Joanne Lu September 6, 2019 Nordic countries may top the lists of happiest, most peaceful and cleanest countries in the world. But according to the UN, Japan and Singapore are actually the safest. In the latest comprehensive report on ho...
The Most Innovative Countries in the World, As Ranked By the UN Joanne Lu August 21, 2019 The United Nations agency that guards intellectual property rights has ranked countries according to how innovative they are. Switzerland is the most innovative country in the world, according to the latest Gl...
Today is World Humanitarian Day. Here’s What that Means Joanne Lu August 19, 2019 It’s World Humanitarian Day, and this year, the UN is highlighting the hard work and sacrifice of tens of thousands of women humanitarian aid workers in crises around the world. According to the UN, there are ...
Four Ways We Can Use Land Better to Avoid Food Shortages and Prevent a Climate Crisis Joanne Lu August 9, 2019 The verdict is in: Humans and climate change are putting the land on which we live under immense and growing pressure. But that same land could be part of the solution. On Thursday the UN’s Intergovernmental P...
UN Report Finds Opioids Are Responsible for Nearly 400,000 Deaths Worldwide Joanne Lu July 17, 2019 The global opioid crisis is worse than we thought. Thanks to new and more precise data from India and Nigeria – two countries that are among the 10 most populous in the world – the World Drug Report 2019, publ...
Countries with the Highest Murder Rates, Ranked in a New UN Report Joanne Lu July 12, 2019 Armed conflicts are becoming deadlier as violence intensifies, but a new United Nations (UN) report reveals that actually, intentional homicide kills far more people. In fact, according to the hefty Global Stu...
Major Study Finds that the Global Gag Rule Significantly Increases Abortion Rates Joanne Lu June 27, 2019 In a first-ever study of its kind, public health researchers have found that prohibiting U.S. aid to any organization that performs or provides counseling on abortion actually increases abortions – and not just...
The Most (and Least) Peaceful Countries in the World, Ranked Joanne Lu June 18, 2019 Afghanistan is now the least peaceful country in the world, replacing Syria, according to the latest Global Peace Index published Wednesday. Meanwhile, Iceland is retaining its position as the most peaceful cou...
