
A Noxious Problem
Smog in cities and smoke in the home cause a huge range of short- and long-term health conditions. Why is the world’s biggest public health crisis only getting worse?
Breaking the Cycle
The future of reproductive health in India, from early ideas about population control to on-the-ground interventions happening now, to a world where men and women share contraceptive responsibility.
Fowl Plague
Pandemics have threatened humanity in the past–and avian influenza may well be the next one due.

Beats: Disability
“Disable” is an active verb, and disability describes the social and environmental barriers that prevent access just as much as an individual body’s physical reality.

Beats: Health
Access to health care is as much a matter of public policy as it is the size of a person’s pocketbook; within a doctor’s office, many factors affect the quality of treatment.


Vital Signs: A Reading List
A crash source in the future of human health.
How the Salt Flats of Western Utah Could Bring Windpower to LA
Each turbine in the farm will be bigger than the Empire State Building.