Smallpox eradicator, Medal of Freedom winner - Bill Foege talks with KPLU
One of the northwests best kept secrets is a person. Hes Bill Foege, a physician and Northwest native, who recently received the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Foege went to Nigeria and figured out how...
View ArticleHow one of the largest relief efforts ever affects Haiti, 3 years later
What happens when you have a thousand humanitarian groups, from the Red Cross and World Vision to small local groups, all converge on the poorest country in the Western hemisphere? This weekend marks...
View ArticleEbola 'Still Small Potatoes,' But A Major Menace In West Africa
As the Ebola outbreak first emerged in West Africa, some global health experts downplayed it. The virus has flared up here and there since it was discovered in the 1970s, and rarely has its death toll...
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