Christine Ro
https://www.christinero.com
Interested in international development, social justice, environmentalism, language, and pop culture. Would love to throw all those things into a blender.
Forbes
20 years of priority review vouchers, a tool for spurring needed drugs
A controversial policy gives a perk to drug manufacturers that work on neglected tropical diseases
Nature
How I harness research to inform humanitarian relief efforts
As a social scientist at Médecins Sans Frontières, Beverley Stringer researches the many non-medical factors that affect health during emergencies.
Forbes
Is It Plastic?
a list of some common materials to test your knowledge of plastic, and to marvel at the scale of the plastic pollution crisis
Forbes
The War Against Iran Is Worsening Global Inequality
Broad fuel subsidies exacerbate inequality not only within countries, but also between countries as they start competing for scarcer supplies.
BBC
Is it possible to build a plastic-free home?
"Plastics have really become the default in home building"
Forbes
After Almost 3 Years, A Tiny Window To Vaccinate Zero-Dose Kids In Sudan
Vaccination is even more important during crisis. The double threat of malnutrition and lack of immunization means that “the risk of death for children is really very high.”
Forbes
Scam Compound Raids In Cambodia Leave Trafficking Survivors Stranded
"Without a reception plan, raids risk creating a humanitarian crisis."
Nature
Five ways increased militarization could change scientific careers
Military budgets are growing, especially in larger economies.
Next City
The Seattle Example for Unlocking More Housing, One Stairway at a Time
By rethinking the building code and allowing single-stair apartment buildings, the city made small-lot, mid-rise apartments feasible — and sparked a wider reform movement.
BBC
Why food fraud persists, even with improving tech
Food crime mostly goes unreported, so it's difficult to grasp its scale.
Forbes
New, Unprecedentedly Large ‘Gag’ On U.S. Foreign Aid
Starting February 26, nearly all new foreign aid will be subject to the global gag rule. The largest sector to be affected is humanitarian assistance.
Forbes
Sudan's war of information
"Sudan’s information ecosystem has become a battlefield as brutal as the physical conflict itself."
Nature
Floating science stations: my month on a research vessel looking after buoys
“In this photo, I’m preparing drifting buoys for deployment."
Washingtonian
A Virginia Man Went Missing. Did He Suffer From “AI Psychosis”?
After overcoming a troubled childhood, Jon Ganz left Virginia with his wife, Rachel, in search of a better life—only to disappear into the night. Was his obsession with an AI chatbot to blame?
Forbes
How Romance Fraud Links The U.S. To East Africa And Southeast Asia
“From today, when you are here in the office, your name is going to be Alicia,” he was told. He wasn’t the only one. Everyone else in the room was also pretending to be Alicia, a Singaporean woman with a clothing business in Thailand.