Two decades after Gulf War Syndrome reared its ugly head, depleted uranium is still being used by the U.S. military.
Killing Libya in Order to Save It: Gulf War Syndrome
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Chevron’s Outlandish Fraud Charges Deprive Ecuadorians of Justice
Chevron’s claim that it didn’t get a fair shake from the Ecuadoran legal system is laughable since it was the one that insisted on moving the case from U.S. jurisdiction to South America.
What the Army Thinks the Taliban Would Do With Data on Genitourinary Injuries
The U.S. army doesn’t put some of the dirtiest fighting ever past the Taliban.
Away from Universal Access
In the sweeping fashion of global development commitments, 2010 marks the year by which countries and health agencies worldwide have pledged to scale up their HIV/AIDS interventions “towards universal access” to treatment. In the more sobering reality of shifting donor priorities, funding shortfalls in 2010 may actually represent the beginning of a move away from universal access in the global HIV/AIDS response.
Big Continent and Tiny Technology: Nanotechnology and Africa
The August 2010 issue of NANO Magazine, highlighting nanoscale research expected to have a positive impact on the developing world, included articles focused on energy generation, disease prevention and water purification.
The Global Health Debate
With controversy still raging over national health reform in the United States, the media is paying little attention to an international debate on global health policy that is of major importance to the world’s poorest people. Both debates revolve around a similar theme, which President Barack Obama neatly summarized in his recent landmark address to Congress as "the appropriate size and role of government" in the provision of health services.
A Global Public Health Policy Based on Science, Not Demagoguery
As the swine flu threat level grew at the end of April, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Margaret Chan said, “it really is all of humanity that is under threat during a pandemic.”
Sports as a Resource of Hope
The capacity of sports to contribute to social change must not be overstated but history has proven that possibilities for change do exist. Sports have changed individuals’ lives and, more importantly, contributed to and facilitated larger social change within and across societies.
Postcard from…Freetown
The Truth About Veteran Suicides
Eighteen American war veterans kill themselves every day. One thousand former soldiers receiving care from the Department of Veterans Affairs attempt suicide every month. More veterans are committing suicide than are dying in combat overseas.