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2 months ago | 
fullerproject.org | Erica Hensley |Sophia Paffenroth |Louise Donovan |sanket jain
Three hospitals with some of the lowest use of low-risk C-sections in Mississippi vary in almost every way — location, size and type of providers who deliver babies. Wayne General is a small, rural hometown hospital in eastern Mississippi. Baptist DeSoto is a large regional hospital just outside of Memphis. And Singing River is a mid-size hospital network in the southern coastal part of the state that boasts low rates at all three of its delivery locations.
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2 months ago | 
fullerproject.org | Erica Hensley |Sophia Paffenroth |Louise Donovan |sanket jain
Warning: This article contains references to suicidal thoughts. If you or someone you know needs help, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988 or text the Crisis Text Line to reach a crisis counselor at 741741. When Jennifer Sloan-Ziegler became pregnant with her first child in 2020, she knew she wanted to experience her inauguration into motherhood with a natural birth.
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2 months ago | 
fullerproject.org | sanket jain |Allan Olingo |Eliza Anyangwe
On Mother’s Day in 1974, a group of women headed to New York’s Prospect Park with a stack of flyers and pressed them into caregivers’ hands. “All women are unwaged workers,” the flyers read. “We work from morning to night, but at the end of the week, we have no money to show for it…We want wages for housework!”Their call to recognize and compensate unpaid domestic labor — work largely done by women – was radical. But it struck a chord.
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2 months ago | 
climatedepot.com | Marc Morano |sanket jain
Climate change is worsening diabetes worldwideHeat waves exacerbate the danger of the disease. Headed for a routine doctor visit last year, Asha Sonawane, 63, collapsed after stepping outside her house in Bhadole village of India’s Maharashtra state as temperatures soared past 40 degrees Celsius (104 F). Her daughter Alka rushed to her with lime water and an energy drink, which relieved her a bit. But her legs hurt and she felt weak.
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2 months ago | 
earth.org | sanket jain
Facing new pressures, farmers are reviving a method from generations ago. —By Sanket Jain for YALE Climate Connections. Farmer Rafik Danwade had been pumping more pesticides on his acre-long field in Jambhali village in India’s Maharashtra state, but the chemicals were getting less effective at protecting his 3,200 chili plants from nematodes and other bugs.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
yaleclimateconnections.org | sanket jain
Farmer Rafik Danwade had been pumping more pesticides on his acre-long field in Jambhali village in India’s Maharashtra state, but the chemicals were getting less effective at protecting his 3,200 chili plants from nematodes and other bugs. So Danwade, 56, turned to a practice his grandfather taught him in the 1970s: He planted 1,000 marigolds on the border and alternating rows of the field.
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Jan 5, 2025 | 
truthout.org | sanket jain
Whenever farmer Namdev Kamble visits a doctor, he remembers the hundreds of trees that once surrounded him. “We live in the same area today, but everything around us has changed completely,” he said in a voice heavy with nostalgia and loss. On his way to his farmland in Shirdhon village of India’s Maharashtra state, Kamble would see the giant tamarind, babul, neem, and several other types of trees. “They gave relief and comfort,” he said.
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Nov 28, 2024 | 
whowhatwhy.org | sanket jain
The World Health Organization estimates 600 million people a year already suffer from foodborne illnesses. Global warming has made it easier for bacteria and other germs to contaminate the food supply, and this little-discussed danger of climate change is teaching painful and sometimes life-threatening lessons to hundreds of millions of people every year. One of them is Sumitra Sutar, 75, of Haroli village in India’s Maharashtra state.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
yaleclimateconnections.org | sanket jain
Global warming has made it easier for bacteria and other germs to contaminate the food supply, and this little-discussed danger of climate change is teaching painful and sometimes life-threatening lessons to hundreds of millions of people every year. One of them is Sumitra Sutar, 75, of Haroli village in India’s Maharashtra state. Five years ago Sutar was eating leftover rice and lentil curry, her staple food for more than five decades.
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
devex.com | sanket jain
From 1998 to 2021, India’s average annual particulate pollution increased by 68%. As air pollution levels rise, athletes are experiencing unexpected health and performance issues, forcing many to quit sports. Athlete Rahul Jhore was worried to see his teammates quit the sport every few months. Over the past year, more and more athletes skipped weekly training claiming sickness — coughs, body aches, chest pain, and breathlessness.
