Spring 2015

Spring 2015 Magazine cover

The “I” Word

Infrastructure—from health systems to highways—isn’t exciting, but it is crucial.

4 minute read

Why phthalates like DEHP have no place in NICUs

1 minute read

Brains, bats, asthma, the future—everything’s on the table at kids’ fair

1 minute read

Between sterile labs and raw nature, mosquitoes need a halfway house to give up their malaria secrets.

2 minute read

How common is the disease in developing countries?

2 minute read

Essential B vitamins can protect moms from a common chemical.

2 minute read

Vitamin E protects against miscarriages.

1 minute read

Give Dads a Chance

Society has so-called Deadbeat Dads all wrong—with disastrous results

4 minute read

More than a year into West Africa’s devastating outbreak, humanity still has much to learn. The experts weigh in.

3 minute read

The Gates Foundation’s Chris Elias and family planning expert Jose “Oying” Rimon check in on FP2020’s mission of increasing contraceptive access for 120 million women

4 minute read

Thousands of combat veterans suffered traumatic brain injuries that were never documented. Then two doctoral students unearthed the evidence.

12 minute read

Tracing arsenic’s threats to health in the Badlands.

12 minute read

Elder abuse and Peru’s demographic transition.

14 minute read

2 minute read

Emphasizing prevention over punishment

4 minute read