Nahid Widaatalla

Nahid Widaatalla is a freelance journalist and current fellow in journalism and health impact at the University of Toronto's Dalla Lana School of Public Health.

Gunasekar Udayakumar uses the Nervotec app to scan his face and check his vital signs as part of a daily checkup for employees, at a construction site, in central Singapore, on February 19 2021.
Aging

AI and Facial Recognition Dive Into Global Health Care

by Nahid Widaatalla

How artificial intelligence is used to diagnose diseases and understand behavior

Sudanese women, who fled the conflict in Murnei in Sudan's Darfur region, look on while crossing the border between Sudan and Chad.
Gender

Bodies into Battlefields: Gender-Based Violence in Sudan

by Nahid Widaatalla

Amid Sudan's deadly war, women face a triple threat of death, displacement, and gender-based assault