philip eckhoff

Quarantines are worth the trouble to keep the next pandemic at bay but they need to be applied intelligently.

1.5 million children die each year from preventable diseases arising from poor sanitation systems. That’s why some of the world’s top scientists are working to make a 21st-century toilet without links to water, energy, or sewer lines, and which costs users under $0.05 a day.

Despite decades of research, there is no reliable vaccine for malaria. Dr. Philip Eckhoff lays out the strategies and collaborations required to eradicate this disease and the half a million lives it takes each year.