There is a thriving counter-current of transnational African literary life that confounds rather than caters to an international taste for “digestible” fiction.
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Do boys and girls from diverse cultural settings experience their transitions into adolescence? Their cultural differences don’t make a difference, but their genders do.
If opioids prevent significant suffering, then the solution to the prescription opioid problem cannot simply be to stop using them.
Penyakit jantung lama dianggap penyakitnya laki-laki. Ketidaktahuan kita mengenai dampaknya pada perempuan menyebabkan hasil yang berbeda antara perempuan dan laki-laki yang mengalami hal yang sama.
Heart disease has long been considered a man’s condition. Our ignorance of its impact on women has led to gaps in outcomes for men and women suffering the same condition.
A panel of academics and scientists explain the damages to the Earth, the economy and US moral standing in the world by Trump’s decision to abandon the Paris climate accord.
Cholera kills thousands every year but is treatable if it is caught early. Understanding how El Niño shifts cholera risks in Africa can help countries prepare for outbreaks and save lives.
Balancing domestic expectations and delicate relations with neighbours while trying to deal with North Korea’s race to become a nuclear power will make for a challenging five-year term.
Cancer researchers dream of offering personalized treatments to patients. Can they get there using the same math that drives Netflix recommendations?
The Treaty of Rome, which eventually led to the European Union, is turning 60 at a time when many inside and outside Europe are questioning the union’s value. For the U.S., much is at stake.
In developing countries, many girls feel unprepared when they go through puberty. And research indicates that low-income girls in the US may feel the same way.
In the wake of the Flint water crisis and with a new notably anti-science president, U.S. scientists are reevaluating how to navigate the tension between speaking out and a fear of losing research funding.
The Italians have rejected Prime Minister Matteo Renzi’s constitutional reform package. Now the real struggle for Italy begins.
After weeks of mass demonstrations and a growing threat of impeachment, President Park Geun-Hye has said she is willing to resign before her term ends in February 2018.
Many thousands, perhaps millions, of lives depend on the direction of Trump’s climate policies.
Like the essential medicines list which sets out the drugs each country should have at affordable prices, an essential diagnostics list would detail diagnostic tests for those who need them.
Women already face high levels of violence in Haiti. But natural disasters can provide a good opportunity to intervene.
A philosopher of ‘procreation ethics’ at the center of a controversy over having kids explains why we can’t ignore the population question in an era of climate change.
Three studies find higher rate of health issues for people who live near large or many fracked natural gas well sites.
A moral philosopher considers whether you should vote out of fear.
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Research Scholar, Ralph O’Connor Sustainable Energy Institute, Johns Hopkins University
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Doctor of International Affairs candidate, Johns Hopkins University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Johns Hopkins University
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Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute for Global Tobacco Control, Johns Hopkins University
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Masters of Public Health student, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University
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Professor of the Practice of International Development, Johns Hopkins University
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Rohrbaugh Family Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins University
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Ph.D. Student in History, Johns Hopkins University
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Assistant Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Johns Hopkins University
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Adjunct lecturer, School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University
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Assistant Professor of Health, Behavior and Society, Johns Hopkins University
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Postdoctoral fellow, Johns Hopkins University
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Assistant Professor of Space and International Relations, Johns Hopkins University
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Bernard T. Ferrari Professor of Business, Johns Hopkins University
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Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences, Johns Hopkins University
