June 1, 2020 | Article
Originally published by LiveScience on November 25, 2013 In mid-April 2009, samples from two California children suffering from the flu arrived at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta for further investigation; something didn’t seem normal about the particular flu strains they had. Local clinics and flu surveillance…...
Read MoreJune 12, 2023 | Article
President’s Circle members contribute annual gifts of $1,000 or more, providing the financial foundation for our educational and advocacy efforts. Development Manager Sarah Ikemoto caught up with President’s Circle member Bruce Colburn in April. We are grateful to Bruce and all of our President’s Circle members for their generosity and…...
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June 1, 2020 | Article
Originally published by Ensia on March 17, 2020 As habitat and biodiversity loss increase globally, the novel coronavirus outbreak may be just the beginning of mass pandemics. Mayibout 2 is not a healthy place. The 150 or so people who live in the village, which sits on the south bank…...
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July 11, 2024 | Post
July 11 is World Population Day, a United Nations observance day first marked in 1990 to raise awareness of the urgency and importance of population issues. Concern about the impacts of rapid population growth on the environment and poverty alleviation efforts used to be widespread, leading to many successful voluntary…...
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March 11, 2024 | Article
These countries tried everything from cash to patriotic calls to duty to reverse drastically declining birth rates. It didn’t work. Taiwan has spent more than $3 billion trying to get its citizens to have more children. In 2009, after decades of falling birth rates, it began offering six months of…...
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July 9, 2018 | Post
The news these days just objectively feels pretty depressing, doesn’t it? Political polarization, nuclear threats, misguided trade deals, destructive natural disasters, and a rapidly increasing global population might even induce panic or paranoia for those paying close attention. And, let’s face it. Some of this is for good reason! While…...
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September 30, 2021 | Page
The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 went into effect on January 1, 2023. Contained in the provisions of the Act is the new Secure Act 2.0, which addresses many issues related to retirement planning. It includes provisions relevant to making qualified charitable distributions, or QCDs, from your traditional IRA, and…...
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August 31, 2020 | Article
Originally published by The New York Times on May 22, 2020 Dr. Leticia Adelaide Appiah is determined to slow her conservative country’s birth rate by any means, including contraception. Not everyone is pleased. On the last Sunday before Lent, Dr. Leticia Adelaide Appiah was up early and the first to…...
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October 11, 2022 | Post
The full extent of the devastation left by Hurricane Ian as it tore through Florida remains to be determined, but its destructiveness is expected to be greater than many comparable storms because of the large amount of built infrastructure in its path. Ian made its first U.S. landfall near Fort…...
Read MoreDecember 12, 2022 | Article
U.S. Abortion Bans Continue to Take Effect, India Expands Access As of late October, at least 13 states had banned most abortions, following the reversal of Roe v. Wade in June. Eventually, about half of states are expected to enact full bans or gestational limits. Some of these states have…...
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