Editor’s Note: This article is a reprint. It was originally published January 16, 2020. In recent years, the devastating effects of wanton opioid use have become unmistakable, with opioid overdoses killing 47,600 Americans in 2017 alone.1 As of June 2017, opioids became the leading cause of death among Americans under the age of 50,2 and… Read More »
In 2017, about 810 women around the world died every day from pregnancy-related causes. The United States’ maternal mortality rate is an abysmal one, particularly for Black women and Native women – whose risk is three to four times higher than that of white women. “I am so done with the numbers,” said Fran Ayalasomayajula,… Read More »
London, March 12 2020, StarLeaf, the global provider of meeting room solutions and video conferencing services for enterprises, today announced measures for supporting customers and new users to maintain business continuity and to enable remote working for all employees during the coronavirus crisis. The plans involve a number of new product and service offerings including… Read More »
BUSHEKELI, Rwanda — It was something, the silence. Nothing but the puff of her breath and the scuff of her slip-on shoes as Madeleine Mukantagara walked through the fields to her first patient of the day. Piercing cries once echoed down the hill to the road below. What she carried in her bag had calmed… Read More »