Ari Daniel

Girbanova says boosting the level of this protein in humans might one day help slow down our accumulation of mutations, reducing the risk of cancer.

For NPR News, I'm Ari Daniel.

Over the years, the UNICEF initiative has been championed by celebrities.

It's raised a total of $200 million, paying for food, vaccines, and school supplies.

And it's raised awareness among American children of the needs of kids elsewhere in the world.

Charles Kenney is with the Center for Global Development think tank.

Trick or treat for UNICEF began a decade before USAID was established.

Now it appears to have outlasted the foreign aid agency, which the Trump administration has dismantled.

For NPR News, I'm Ari Daniel.

A new study examined the ancient DNA found in the teeth of 13 of Napoleon's soldiers exhumed from a mass grave in Lithuania.

Researchers found that two bacteria, one that causes paratyphoid fever and the other relapsing fever, had likely helped kill the men.

These results, along with earlier work, reveal the soldiers were under microbial assault on all fronts.

Michaela Binder is a bioarchaeologist who wasn't involved in the study.

A relief, she says, from bodies riddled with disease.

For NPR News, I'm Ari Daniel.

I'm in the middle of Beirut and there are cars and trucks and motorcycles everywhere.

There are various reasons why cancer is up in Lebanon.

Air pollution's a big one.

Then there's the chemicals used in agriculture.

But the biggest risk factor is smoking.