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Preserving pollinators is good for health -- and income

Jonathan Lambert

Pollinators have economic and health benefits, but those benefits have been difficult to quantify. A new study puts some numbers to how important pollinators are for both nutrition and income.
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How bad for humans is wildlife trade? A new study has answers

Jonathan Lambert

People sell wild animals for food and for traditional medicine — legally and illegally. A study looks at the risks of spillover diseases from those pangolins, giant rats and other exotic critters.
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Congress gave money for global HIV work. The Trump administration isn't spending it

Gabrielle Emanuel, Jonathan Lambert, Fatma Tanis

U.S. work combatting HIV/AIDS has saved millions of lives globally. Under the Trump administration, funding has been slow in coming and unpredictable, wreaking havoc on people trying to do the work.
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Here's some new dirt on an unusual source of antibiotic resistance

Jonathan Lambert

New research suggests drought can stoke antibiotic resistance in soil bacteria — and that can have an impact on humans.
Soil may be a source of resistance to antibiotics, new research suggests

Jonathan Lambert

New research suggests drought can stoke antibiotic resistance in soil bacteria, and those genes can end up in human pathogens.
Exercise rates are still a non-moving target

Jonathan Lambert

Dance teachers, health researchers, urban planners — they all have a desire to get people moving. But globally, exercise rates have remained stagnant.
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Can a digital tablet cut back a country's overuse of antibiotics?

Jonathan Lambert

Overprescribing antibiotics breeds antibiotic resistance. A new tool aims to lower a notably high rate of such prescriptions in Rwanda.