At Guinea’s only specialized snakebite clinic, doctors need luck and antivenom »
SAM BRADPIECE Fatoumata Lamourana was oblivious to the green mamba’s approach. But as the 68-year-old led her cattle through the scrubby bushlands of western Guinea, she felt its short fangs…
Nov 30 2022 / No Comment / Read More »Food insecurity is driving women in Africa into sex work, increasing HIV risk »
SEYMA BAYRAM The first time she traded sex for food to feed her family, J was 14 years old. Her father died when she was an infant, leaving her single…
Nov 30 2022 / No Comment / Read More »Can a Nation Replace Its Oil Wealth with Trees? »
Gabon knows its oil won’t last forever, so officials are turning to the Central African nation’s rainforest for revenue — while also promising to preserve it. DIONNE SEARCEY Evening and…
Nov 14 2022 / No Comment / Read More »Counting the Massive Financial Costs of Illegal Fishing »
ED HOLT As a new report lay bare the massive financial costs to developing states of illegal fishing, campaigners are hoping that drawing attention to the practice’s devastating economic effects…
Nov 14 2022 / No Comment / Read More »Why doesn’t the U.S. have more Black doctors? »
BRITTANY TRANG When LaShyra “Lash” Nolen was learning about how to recognize signs of Lyme disease in a class at…
Nov 30 2022 / No Comment / Read More »One-third of U.S. labs have stopped using race-based equations to diagnose kidney disease »
BRITTANY TRANG Even as a child, La’Tonzia Adams was interested in diagnosing disease. One day, when she noticed a bump…
Nov 30 2022 / No Comment / Read More »Police and sheriff’s deputies try to curb spike in catalytic converter thefts »
Catalytic converter thefts are on the rise in San Diego County and nationwide DAVID HERNANDEZ The job usually gets done…
Dec 28 2021 / No Comment / Read More »Muslim and Arab voters may have secured Biden’s Michigan win »
ROWAIDA ABDELAZIZ Arab and Muslim communities likely substantially contributed to Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s victory in Michigan, according to…
Nov 13 2020 / No Comment / Read More »Breast Cancer Is Killing Black Women at Alarming Rates »
The Tigerlily Foundation, an advocacy organization supporting young women diagnosed with breast cancer, wants to help close the racial disparities…
Nov 13 2020 / No Comment / Read More »Black officers break from unions over Trump endorsements »
CLAUDIA LAUER Police unions nationwide have largely supported President Donald Trump’s reelection, amid mass demonstrations over police brutality and…
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