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A man rides a VanMoof brand e-bike in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on August 17, 2023.
Urbanization

Keeping Kids Safe on e-Bikes: Lessons from the Dutch

by Katherine Leach-Kemon

The Netherlands has seen a rise in e-bike injuries, but they are mitigated by protected bike lanes and awareness of traffic danger from an early age, researcher Theo Vos explains

People protect themselves from the sun under an umbrella near the Eiffel Tower during a heatwave, in Paris, France, on June 20, 2026.
Environment

Europe's Historic Heatwave Is Testing France's Playbook

by Michael Brauer, Rémy Slama

Experts outline how France can take steps to protect its population amid record-breaking temperatures and deadly wildfires

Environment

As Temperatures Climb, So Do Overdose Risks

by Sam Nichols
A man walks on a trail during a 27 days long heat wave with temperatures over 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43 degrees Celsius), in Phoenix, Arizona, on July 26, 2023.
Governance

Petrochemicals and Pills: How the Iran War Exposed Medicines' Oil Vulnerability

by Anya Hirschfeld, Prashant Yadav
Petrochemicals and Pills: How the Iran War Exposed Medicines' Oil Vulnerability
Aging

High Blood Sugar, Hearing Loss Among Top Dementia Risks in the United States

by Jaimie Steinmetz
Memory care patients visit during the music hour at the Ave Maria Home, an assisted living center for seniors, in Bartlett, Tennessee, on September 19, 2023.
Governance

Reforming WHO: Five Considerations for the Next Director General

by Anders Nordström
The World Health Organization headquarters is seen in Geneva, Switzerland, on January 28, 2025.
Aging

Heat Stress and Air Pollution Fuel Dementia in Ghana

by David Mawutor Donkor
A woman cooks palm nuts to make oil on the road that connects Obuasi to Cape Coast, in Ghana, on July 26, 2019.
Governance

Genomic Medicine: A New Frontier for Health Care in Africa

by Moussa Moïse Diagne, Alexander Ross, Safiétou Sankhe, Joe Fitchett, Prashant Yadav, Ibrahima Socé Fall
Seynabou Diop works at a station in a laboratory where the hantavirus genome was sequenced at Institut Pasteur, in Dakar, Senegal, on May 19, 2026.
Governance

A Roadmap to Effective Gun Violence Policy

by Stephen Hargarten, Jonathan Quick, Joel Negin, Nicholas Hoffmann
Guns that will be destroyed are displayed during an event for the International Day for the Destruction of Firearms, at the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, in Mexico City, Mexico, on July 9, 2025.
Food

How Indonesia's Food System Can Weather Supply-Chain Shocks

by Ronald Tundang
Workers prepare meals to be distributed free for students, during the free nutritious meals program trial, at a pilot kitchen in Sukabumi, West Java province, Indonesia, September 25, 2024.
Governance

Trump's Faith-Based Push Threatens Standard Addiction Treatment

by Sam Nichols
U.S. President Donald Trump signs an executive order for the "Great American Recovery Initiative" to coordinate a federal government response to drug addiction and substance abuse, in Washington, DC, on January 29, 2026.
Governance

Will the UK's Generational Tobacco Ban Survive?

by Gabriela Galvin
A shopkeeper reaches for a packet of cigarettes, in London, England, on November 28, 2013.