Feeding the hungry will be harder than ever for the world’s largest food aid agency
Ethiopian refugees rest in the shadow of a warehouse erected by the World Food Programme near the Ethiopian border in Gedaref, eastern Sudan. Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP…
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Why midwives are worried
A pregnant woman brought her child to a health clinic in Farchana, Chad. They are sitting under a mosquito net. MIdwives play a critical role…
He let snakes bite him some 200 times to create a better snakebite antivenom
Tim Friede, pictured here with a water cobra, exposed himself to snake venom over decades. Scientists say they have now made a broadly effective antivenom…
This ‘Time icon’ of 2025 is serious about her work — and funny enough to do stand up
Angeline Murimirwa of Zimbabwe has really racked up kudos for her work as head of CAMFED, a charity that has enabled millions of girls in…
What Trump’s first 100 days has meant for these truck drivers and sex workers
Community health worker Geoffrey Chanda used to distribute HIV medications to long-haul truck drivers and sex workers at truck stops like this one near the…
A vanished kingdom comes alive in the songs of griots and a new archaeological dig
Nino Galissa is a seventh-generation griot in Guinea-Bissau. He composed a song about the new archaeological excavation of Kansala, the legendary capital of a vanished…
Where’s Plumpy’Nut? A lifesaving food for malnourished kids is caught up in U.S. cuts
Plumpy’Nut bars manufactured at the Edesia Nutrition plant in Rhode Island. Has the “ready-to-use therapeutic food” — credited with an 80 to 90% recovery rate…
This ‘Time icon’ of 2025 is serious about her work — and funny enough to do stand up
Angeline Murimirwa of Zimbabwe has really racked up kudos for her work as head of CAMFED, a charity that has enabled millions of girls in…
DOGE dismantling foreign aid agency started by George W. Bush
Elon Musk walks to the White House after landing in Marine One on the South Lawn with U.S. President Donald Trump on March 9. Musk’s…
Portraits: A 10-year-old, a house painter and a mom who are running out of HIV pills
For more than two months, Mary Mayongana, 42, hasn’t been able to consistently take her HIV medication. She says she feels weak and has developed…