By Charlotte Crang The recent deaths of entertainment icons David Bowie, Joe Cocker and Alan Rickman cast a new spotlight on the battle between medical science and cancer. Cancer is one of the leading causes of death. The World Health Organization says 8.2 million...
Five News-Decoder correspondents look at the VW scandal and what it means for carmakers, Germany, climate change talks — and trade-in value. Former VW CEO Martin Winterkorn, who resigned last month, in a 2008 photo. (EPA/Marijan Murat) We asked five News-Decoder...
News-Decoder’s correspondents have covered some of the world’s biggest health crises over the past half century — HIV/AIDS, mad-cow disease, SARS, bird flu, H1N1, Ebola and now the coronavirus disease. In the article below, first published in 2015,...