Clean water and decent sanitation. Those of us who live in developed countries probably don’t give these things a second thought. But for more than 800 million people around the globe, safe drinking water is a distant luxury
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By Royston Chan ZHUJI, China (Reuters) - China has mobilized troops to help with flood relief and raised its disaster alert to the highest level after days of downpours forced the evacuation of more than half a million people in central and southern provinces. [More]
Read More »15% worldwide have physical or mental disability
785 million people have significant disabilities such as blindness, missing limbs, or mental retardation, says WHO report
Read More »Driving Is Why You’re Fat
Our car culture may be to blame for skyrocketing obesity rates. Obesity is a complicated disease. It can be caused by your mom's pregnancy diet , genetics, your KFC Double Down habit, or some combination of all three
Read More »The Social Entrepreneurship Spectrum: Impact Investors
All investors obsess about returns. But for impact investors, ROI is an especially tricky matter, because in addition to financial success, they are seeking social and environmental results
Read More »AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon Users Get Yap’s Free Voicemail-to-Text Service
Ten million people have access to the free app on Android Market. Is it better than Google Voice? Yap announced today that it's offering free voicemail-to-text services for AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon users on Android phones.
Read More »County-Level "Diabetes Belt" Carves a Swath through U.S. South
More than 18 million people in the U.S. have been diagnosed with diabetes , which costs an estimated $174 billion annually.
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