As U.S. and E.U. sanctions tighten around Iran, we'll explore the impact of these sanctions on access to essential medicines and medical equipment for ordinary Iranians. With shortages increasing and more...
Nail salon workers have been working in hazardous environments for years with very few resources for dealing with the health threats related to those toxic exposures. Earlier this year we talked to some community...
If you’ve ever gotten your nails done in the city, you know that the one of the costs of a beautiful manicure is having to breathe noxious fumes for half an hour or so. But what if you had to spend all day breathing...
It’s been decades since the US pulled out of Vietnam, but the environmental legacy of the invasion still lingers across the south of the country. During the 1960s, the US military doused the area with Agent Orange, the...
Last week, the Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act, the central piece of legislation of President Obama’s domestic agenda. As its provisions go into effect over the next few years, it will add millions of...
Apparently inspired by the political controversy surrounding "son preference" in some Asian countries, anti-choice lawmakers say female fetuses in the U.S. face similar threats. Recently they tried, unsuccessfully, to...
One year after the devastating earthquake, tsunami and nuclear meltdown, Japan's recovery hobbles on, yet it seems that some of the deepest scars are invisible.
We often hear about sex selective abortion as an issue that is confined to India and China. New research suggests that with 163 "missing girls" lost to "son preference," the problem is not only persisting in Asia but...
