Skin bleaching is terribly popular — and takes a terrible toll
Susan Anderson began using skin lightening creams at age 12. Now 52, she has stopped using the products but her skin shows the damage they…
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Pete Marocco tried to upend USAID in 2020 — and failed. In 2025, he dismantled it
Pete Marocco (center), who served as deputy administrator for USAID in the new Trump administration until last week, arrives at Capitol Hill on March 5…
The Global Measles Laboratory is ‘under severe threat of collapse’ as U.S. pulls funding
A schoolgirl waits to receive a measles vaccine at a school in Baghdad as part of a vaccination campaign for students across Iraq. Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP…
A young adult book tackles a tough topic: A teen coping with his dad’s mental illness
Saadia Faruqi, a popular young adult author, says her new book, The Strongest Heart, is a book she wished she could have read when she…
Can you look at these 9 photos and not smile on International Day of Happiness?
The boy and bird are, of course, not really flying together. But … they are both airborne. The child is jumping into the Chao Phraya…
As U.S. foreign aid programs grind to a halt, African health leaders look for a silver lining
A pregnant woman brought her child to a health clinic in Farchana, Chad. They are sitting under a mosquito net. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption toggle…
A federal judge says the USAID shutdown likely violated the Constitution
Former U.S. Agency for International Development employees terminated after the Trump administration effectively dismantled the agency collect their personal belongings at USAID headquarters on Feb.…
The missing children of Syria: Hidden in orphanages under Assad, where are they now?
Hani al-Farra shared these images of his son and daughter, who went missing with his pregnant wife and their third child at a Syrian regime…
Here are 8 photography winners with disabilities who show the world their perspective
A little boy balancing precariously on a rope, a colorful bird perched on a tree, and fishermen at twilight all have one thing in common:…
How the pandemic changed the world of disease control for worse — and for better
Wastewater sampling plays an increasing role in identifying disease outbreaks. Above: Inspectors in Oakland, Calif., collect samples to send to labs that will try to…